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INGXAKI YEE-MICROPLATISC EZIQHELEKILEYO KWIMPILO NOKUSINGQONGILEYO

— SIFANELE SIPHENDULE NJANI?

Umshicileli: MVI ECO

2026/1/9

Tuphando lwamva nje oluvela kwiIBhunga loKhuselo lweMithombo yeNdalo (i-NRDC)I-hammers igxininisa inyaniso ebuhlungu: ii-microplastics ziphule yonke imiqobo phakathi kwendalo nemizimba yabantu, zingena phantse kuyo yonke indawo yobomi bemihla ngemihla. La masuntswana mancinci—nganye incinci kuneemilimitha ezi-5—avela kumalungu omzimba omntu anjengegazi nobuchopho, kunye nomhlaba, iilwandle, nomoya esiwuphefumlayo. Uninzi luvela ekuqhekekeni okanye ekuchithekeni kweepakethe ezisetyenziswa kanye, amalaphu, kunye neempahla zabathengi zemihla ngemihla, zibangela umonakalo ongenakuphikiswa kwiinkqubo zendalo zehlabathi kunye nokufihla iingozi ezinkulu zempilo yoluntu esiqala ukuziqonda.

Utshintsho lweHlabathi:

Imfuno Yokupakisha Enobuhlobo Nokusingqongileyo Iyanda

AUtshintsho lolwakhiwo kwindlela abathengi abaziphatha ngayo lubangela ukwanda kwemfuno yokupakisha okuzinzileyo. Uphando lwehlabathi lukaNielsen lwango-2025 lufumanise ukuba ama-73% abathengi bazimisele ukuhlawula iprimiyamu ye-15-20% yeemveliso ezigqunywe ngezinto ezihambelana nokusingqongileyo—kwaye iimarike zaseYurophu naseMntla Melika zikhokela eli tyala. Abazali, abathandi bezempilo, iMillennials, kunye neGen Z ngoku babeka phambili "ukungabi naplastiki, ukuphinde kusetyenziswe, okanye ukuchumisa" njengezinto zokuzenzela okanye zokwaphula xa bekhetha iimpawu. Imfuno inamandla ngakumbi ekutyeni naseziseloni, ekunyamekeleni umntu, nakwiimveliso zabantwana, nto leyo eyenza iindawo ezicacileyo zenkqubela phambili kwindawo yokupakisha.

Ukuqinisa imithetho yamazwe ngamazwe kuguqule ukupakisha okunobuhlobo nokusingqongileyo ukusuka ekubeni “kumnandi ukuba nakho” kwaba yinto ekufuneka ibe nayo. UMthetho we-EU wePackaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) uyalela ukuba zonke iipakeji ezingena kwiimarike zaseYurophu ziphinde zisetyenziswe okanye ziphinde zisetyenziswe ngo-2030, ngelixa uthintela ngokupheleleyo iiplastiki ezisetyenziswa kanye ezifana neestraw kunye nezixhobo zokukhaba. ECalifornia, e-USA, imithetho yoXanduva lwaBavelisi abaNcinci (EPR) inyanzela iimpawu ukuba zithathe uxanduva ngenkunkuma yokupakisha kuyo yonke imigudu yazo, inyanzela ababoneleli abaphezulu ukuba bakhawulezise ukutshintshela kwezinye iindlela eziluhlaza.

Indlela Yokulwa NeeMicroplastics?

Izisombululo ezi-3 eziphambili zokuPakisha eziZinzileyo

ANangona kukho ukunyuka kwemfuno yemarike kunye noxinzelelo olulawulayo, icandelo lokupakisha lifuna izisombululo ezisebenzayo nezizinzileyo ezinokuthi zikhule ukuze kujongwane nongcoliseko lwe-microplastic ngqo kwaye kunikezelwe ixabiso elibalulekileyo:

1. Izinto eziphinda zisetyenziswe neziphinda zisetyenziswe: IiMicroplastic ezisikiweyo kwindawo ezifumaneka kuyo

Ukusebenzisa iiplastiki ezisetyenzisiweyo emva komthengi (i-PCR), iifayibha ezisekelwe kwizityalo (ezifana ne-sugar bagasse, i-bamboo, kunye ne-corn starch), kunye nephepha elinobuhlobo nokusingqongileyo kunciphisa kakhulu ukuthembela kwiplastiki engabonakaliyo—enye yezona mithombo ziphambili ze-microplastics ezivela kwimveliso kunye nokuwohloka. Uphononongo luka-2024 olwenziwe yi-Sustainable Packaging Coalition lubonisa ukuba iibhotile zeplastiki ze-PCR zinciphise ukuvuza kwe-microplastic ngama-40% xa kuthelekiswa neebhotile zeplastiki zemveli ezingabonakaliyo. Iimpawu ezifana nePatagonia kunye ne-Unilever sele zikhokele indlela ngokutshintsha eminye imigca yemveliso ukuya kwi-100% ye-PCR packaging, zibeka umlinganiselo weshishini kwaye zinyusa imfuno ezinzileyo yokwamkelwa kwezinto ezisetyenzisiweyo.

2. Ukupakishwa okunokugqunywa: Eyona ndlela ilungileyo yokulungisa iimeko ezinzima ukuzisebenzisa kwakhona

Izinto ezinokugquma ezifana ne-polylactic acid(I-PLA)), ii-polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), eziukupakishwa kweplastiki ephinde yasetyenziswaZiyaqhekeka ngokupheleleyo kwiimeko zendalo okanye zoshishino zokugquma ngaphandle kokukhupha iiplastiki ezincinci. Zilungele ukusetyenziswa okunzima ukuziphinda-phinda njengezikhongozeli zokutya, iilebheli zokuthunyelwa kwemveliso entsha, kunye neetafile ezisetyenziswa kanye. EYurophu, abathengisi abakhulu abafana neCarrefour kunye neTesco babeke imithetho engqongqo: ababoneleli kufuneka basebenzise ukupakisha okugqumayo kwizinto ezintsha. Le nzuzo yomgaqo-nkqubo ivula indlela ecacileyo yokukhula kophando, uphuhliso, kunye nokwamkelwa kwezinto ezinokugquma.

3. Iinkqubo zokuPakisha ezinokuphinda zisetyenziswe: Yakha i-Circular Economy Loop

Iimodeli zokupakisha ezijikelezayo ezigxile "ekuqokeleleni nasekucoceni-ukuphinda kusetyenziswe" zisusa inkunkuma esetyenziswa kanye ekuqaleni kwayo, zibonelela ngesisombululo sexesha elide kungcoliseko lweplastiki encinci.I-MVI EcopackIsebenzisana nabathengisi kwihlabathi liphela ukubonelela ngeepakethe ezinokuphinda zisetyenziswe zokutya nezinto ezifunekayo imihla ngemihla, ngelixa ikwaphuhlisa izisombululo ezenzelwe wena ngokweemfuno ezithile. Le ndlela ayigcini nje ngokunciphisa inkunkuma kodwa ikwahambelana nokukhuthaza ihlabathi lonke ukuya kuqoqosho olujikelezayo.

Ngaphaya kokuPakisha:

Qhuba i-Eco-Wave ukuze uqhubele phambili ngokuzinzileyo

TUguquko lwendalo olubangelwa lungcoliseko lweplastiki oluyi-microplastic luyitshintsha imboni yokupakisha. Kuphela kukubeka phambili uzinzo, ukuthobela imigaqo, nokugxila kwiimfuno zemarike—ngexesha sigxininisa utyalo-mali kwizisombululo ezizinzileyo—sinokuthi sithathe amathuba kolu tshintsho size siguqule ingxaki yokusingqongileyo yehlabathi ibe sisikhuthazo sokukhula okuhle kwicandelo lokupakisha.

Iindlela ezili-10 zokunciphisa ukuvezwa kweMicroplastic

(Kwi-“Microplastic Tsunami” ye-NRDC efutshane)

Bibekwe kwiI-NRDCisishwankathelo samva nje, “I-Tsunami yeMicroplastic,Nazi amanyathelo asebenzayo abathengi abanokuthi bawathathe ukunciphisa ukuvezwa kwe-microplastic kubo nakwientsapho zabo:

Khetha amanzi empompini endaweni yamanzi asebhotileni.
Ungaze ufudumale ukutya kwiibhotile zeplastiki kwi-microwave.
Phinda uhlolisise izixhobo zasekhitshini zeplastiki ezikwikhaya lakho.
Khetha imicu yendalo yeekhaphethi, ifenitshala, kunye nempahla.
Uyayithanda iti? Ziphephe iingxowa zeti zeplastiki nanini na xa kunokwenzeka.
Zisa indebe yakho enokusetyenziswa kwakhona (ungasebenzisi ezinye iindlela ze-bioplastic).
Sukuthatha iibhotile zeplastiki zomntwana.
Hlola kwakhona izitya zakho zokupheka ezinganamatheliyo (ezininzi ziqulethe iplastiki efihliweyo).
Lumka ngeplastiki ezifihlakeleyo kwiimveliso zokuya exesheni ezifana neepads kunye neetampons.
Ziphephe iimveliso zokunyamekela umntu eziqulathe ngabom iiplastiki ezincinci.

Utshintsho oluncinci luyanda. Ngokulungisa imikhwa yemihla ngemihla nokuxhasa ukupakisha okuzinzileyo, sonke singadlala indima ekunciphiseni ingxaki ye-microplastic.

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