Ungcoliseko lwePlastiki: Owona Mceli mngeni mkhulu namhlanje wokusiNgqongileyo

Iplastiki, into elula kunye neyongamileyo yokwenziwa kwezinto, iye yakhawuleza ukuba yimfuneko kushishino lwangoku nakubomi bemihla ngemihla ukusukela oko yaqalayo phakathi kwinkulungwane yama-20 ngenxa yexabiso eliphantsi, elikhaphukhaphu, kunye nezinto ezihlala ixesha elide. Nangona kunjalo, ngokuveliswa ngobuninzi kunye nokusetyenziswa okubanzi kweemveliso zeplastiki, ungcoliseko lweplastiki luye lwaba lukhulu, luye lwaba yeyona ngxaki ingxamisekileyo yokusingqongileyo ejongene noluntu.

Ngokutsho kweUnited Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), abantu bavelisa iitoni zeplastiki ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-400 nyaka ngamnye, yaye uninzi lwayo lukhawuleza lube yinkunkuma. Ubuninzi obuninzi, ukusasazwa okubanzi, kunye nempembelelo ebalulekileyo yokupakishwa kweplastiki kuphakamise inkxalabo kuwo onke amaqela. Ukusukela ngo-1950 ukuya ku-2017, ukuveliswa kweemveliso zeplastiki kwihlabathi jikelele kufikelele malunga ne-9.2 yeebhiliyoni zeetoni, kodwa izinga lokubuyisela kunye nokusetyenziswa lingaphantsi kwe-10%, malunga ne-70 yeebhiliyoni zeetoni zeplastiki ekugqibeleni zibe lungcoliso. Le nkunkuma yeplastiki inzima kakhulu ukuthoba ngokwendalo, ibeka isoyikiso esibi kwindalo kunye nempilo yabantu.

Umonakalo wongcoliseko lweplastiki udlulela ngaphaya kokucinga. Suku ngalunye, malunga neelori ezingama-2000 ezizele yinkunkuma yeplastiki zilahlwa emilanjeni, emachibini nasezilwandle, nto leyo ebangela malunga ne-1.9 ukuya kwi-2.3 yezigidi zeetoni zenkunkuma yeplastiki ukungcolisa inkqubo yendalo. Ukongezelela, imveliso yeplastiki ibala ngaphezu kwe-3% yokukhutshwa kwegesi ye-greenhouse yehlabathi, okwenza kube nzima ukutshintsha kwemozulu.

Ukujongana nongcoliseko lweplastiki, ukunciphisa ukusetyenziswa kweplastiki kumthombo kubalulekile. Kwinqanaba likarhulumente, inani elikhulayo lamazwe kunye nemimandla lisebenzisa imigaqo-nkqubo "yokuvalwa kweplastiki kunye nezithintelo", ukunciphisa ukusetyenziswa kweemveliso zeplastiki enye. Kwinqanaba leshishini, kuyafuneka ukuba ufune ngenkuthalo ezinye izinto ezonakalayo nezinobuhlobo nokusingqongileyo ngelixa ulungiselela iinkqubo zokuvelisa ukuphucula izinga lokubuyisela kunye nokusetyenziswa kweplastiki.

ZAOGE iplastiki yegranulatorngumzekelo omhle. Inokufikelela kwimveliso yexesha langempela le-intanethi ye-granulation, iqhagamshele ngokuthe ngqo kwizixhobo ezikhoyo, kwaye ngokukhawuleza isebenzise kwakhona kwaye isebenzise inkunkuma yeplastiki eyenziwe ngexesha lemveliso, ukunciphisa kakhulu ukukhutshwa kunye nokuphucula ukubuyiswa kunye nokusetyenziswa kakuhle. Ngokusebenzisa i-ZAOGEiplastiki yokutyumza, amashishini anokugcina iindleko zezinto zokuqala kunye nokuphucula umfanekiso wabo woxanduva lokusingqongileyo, ukufumana inzuzo yokukhuphisana kwimarike.

Ingxaki yongcoliseko lweplastiki ifuna ngokungxamisekileyo intshukumo edibeneyo eluntwini. Kuphela kungokusebenza kunye, oorhulumente, amashishini noluntu olunokuthi luthabathe amanyathelo afanelekileyo okuthintela ukungcoliseka kweplastiki nokubuyisela indalo entle yomhlaba ngamaza acacileyo namafu aphakamileyo.”