(Bloomberg) - Abagcini bendalo baye bachonga enye ingozi kwiplanethi.Ibizwa ngokuba yi-nurdle.

I-Nurdles ziipellets ezincinci zeplastiki yeresin engekho nkulu kunento yokucima ipensile abathi abavelisi bayiguqule ibe yipakethe, izitro zeplastiki, iibhotile zamanzi kunye nezinye iithagethi eziqhelekileyo zokusingqongileyo.

Kodwa iinurdles nazo ziyingxaki.Iibhiliyoni zazo ziyalahleka kwimveliso kunye nokubonelela ngekhonkco rhoqo ngonyaka, zichitheka okanye zihlanjwe kwimizila yamanzi.Umcebisi wendalo wase-UK uqikelelwa kunyaka ophelileyo ukuba iipelisi zeplastiki zangaphambili zingowona mthombo wesibini ngobukhulu wokungcoliseka kweplastiki emanzini, emva kwamaqhekeza amancinci asuka kumatayara emoto.

Ngoku, iqela labameli bezabelo njengoko Uhlwayela ufake izisombululo kwaChevron Corp., DowDupont Inc., Exxon Mobil Corp. kunye nePhillips 66 bebacela ukuba bachaze ukuba zingaphi iinurdles ezibalekayo kwinkqubo yabo yemveliso unyaka nonyaka, kwaye bawusombulula ngempumelelo kangakanani lo mba. .

Njengokuthetheleleka, iqela likhankanya uqikelelo lweendleko eziphezulu zemali kunye nezokusingqongileyo ezinxulumene nongcoliseko lweplastiki, kunye neenzame zamazwe ngamazwe zakutsha nje zokuyilungisa.Ezi ziquka inkomfa yeZizwe eziManyeneyo eNairobi kunye nomthetho wase-US ovala iiplastiki ezincinci ezisetyenziswa kwizinto zokuthambisa.

“Sibe nolwazi kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo kumzi mveliso weplastiki, ukuba bayithatha nzulu yonke le nto,” utshilo uConrad MacKerron, usekela mongameli omkhulu we As You Sow.Iinkampani zithi zibeke iinjongo zokuphinda zisetyenziswe iiplastiki, utshilo.“Ngenene eli lithuba lokubetha, malunga nokuba bazimisele na … ukuba bazimisele ukuphuma, iintsumpa kunye nazo zonke, kwaye bathi 'nantsi imeko.Naku ukuchitheka okukhoyo phaya.Nantsi into esiyenzayo ngabo.’”

Iinkampani sele zithatha inxaxheba kwi-Operation Clean Sweep, umzamo wokuzithandela oxhaswa ngumzi-mveliso wokugcina iiplastiki ngaphandle kolwandle.Njengenxalenye yenyathelo elibizwa ngokuba yi-OCS Blue, amalungu acelwa ukuba abelane ngedatha ngokuyimfihlo kunye neqela lokurhweba malunga nomthamo weepellets ze-resin ezithunyelwayo okanye ezifunyenweyo, ezichithiweyo, ezifunyenweyo kwaye zihlaziywe, kunye nazo naziphi na iinzame zokuphelisa ukuvuza.

UJacob Barron, isithethi soMbutho woShishino lwePlastiki (i-PIA), i-lobby yeshishini, uthe "isibonelelo malunga nemfihlo sibandakanyiwe ukuphelisa iinkxalabo ezikhuphisanayo ezinokuthintela inkampani ekubhengezeni olu lwazi."I-American Chemistry Council, elinye iqela elikhuthazayo, lixhasa i-OCS kunye ne-PIA.NgoMeyi, yabhengeza iinjongo zeshishini lexesha elide zokubuyisela kunye nokuphinda kusetyenziswe ukupakishwa kweplastiki, kunye nabo bonke abavelisi baseMelika ukuba bajoyine i-OCS Blue ngo-2020.

Kukho ulwazi oluncinci malunga nobungakanani bolu hlobo longcoliseko lweplastiki ziinkampani zase-US, kwaye abaphandi behlabathi baye basokola ukwenza uhlolo oluchanekileyo.Uphononongo luka-2018 luqikelele ukuba izigidi ezi-3 ukuya kwi-36 yezigidi zeepellet zinokubaleka minyaka le kwindawo enye yemizi-mveliso eSweden, kwaye ukuba amasuntswana amancinci ayaqwalaselwa, ubungakanani obukhutshwayo buphindwe kalikhulu.

Uphando olutsha ludiza ubuninzi beplasitiki yeplastiki

U-Eunomia, umcebisi wendalo waseBritane ofumene ii-nurdles ngumthombo wesibini ngobukhulu wongcoliseko lweplastiki encinci, kuqikelelwa ngo-2016 ukuba i-UK inokulahlekelwa ngokungaziyo phakathi kwe-5.3 yeebhiliyoni ukuya kwi-53 yeebhiliyoni zeepellet kwindalo rhoqo ngonyaka.

Uphando olutsha ludiza ubuninzi beeplasitiki zeplastiki, ukusuka kwizisu zeentlanzi ezilotywe kuMzantsi Pasifiki, ukuya kutsho kwimibhobho yokwetyisa yealbatross enomsila omfutshane emantla nakunxweme lweMeditera.

UBraden Reddall, isithethi seChevron, uthe ibhodi yefosili yefosili iphonononga izindululo zabanini-zabelo kwaye yenza izindululo kumntu ngamnye kwingxelo yayo ye-proxy, ecwangciselwe u-Epreli 9. URachelle Schikorra, isithethi seDow, uthe inkampani ihlala incokola nabanini-zabelo malunga nokuzinza kunye isebenza "ukuphuhlisa izisombululo ezigcina iplastiki ngaphandle kokusingqongileyo."

UJoe Gannon, isithethi sikaPhillips 66, uthe inkampani yakhe "isifumene isindululo sabanini-zabelo kwaye yanikezela ngokuzibandakanya nomcebisi."I-ExxonMobil yalile ukuphawula.

Iinkampani ziya kuthatha isigqibo kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezizayo ukuba zibandakanye izisombululo kwiingxelo zommeli walo nyaka, ngokutsho kwe As You Sow.