Kusobala ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwezinhlayiya zepulasitiki kuyinkinga edinga ukulungiswa. Kodwa ingabe imicu yamaphepha ingcono ngempela emvelweni?
Ukwenza iswishi lisuke kusetshenziswa ama-plastic straws asebenzise okukodwa liye emathinini ephepha kungaba nomthelela omncane kakhulu emvelweni. Nazi izinzuzo ezi-4 zokusebenzisa imicu yamaphepha phezu kwezimpondo zepulasitiki.

1.Izitezi zephepha ziyabola
Noma uphonsa utshani bakho bepulasitiki emgqonyeni wokuphinda usebenzise kabusha, kungenzeka bagcine ngokugcwaliswa komhlaba noma olwandle, lapho kungathatha khona iminyaka ukubola.
Ngasohlangothini lwe-flip, izindiza zamaphepha ziyabola ngokuphelele futhi zizinzile ngokwe-compo. Uma bephela olwandle, bazoqala ukonakala kungakapheli izinsuku ezintathu.

Ama-2.Paper straws athatha isikhathi esincane ukubola
Njengoba sifundile, izindiza zepulasitiki zingathatha amakhulu eminyaka ukubola ngokuphelele, okuhlala iminyaka engama-200 endaweni yokulahla udoti. Kungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi zizophelela olwandle, lapho ziqhekeka zibe amapulasitiki amancane agcina efakwa yizinhlanzi nempilo yasolwandle.
Ngokungafani nepulasitiki, imicu yamaphepha izobola ibuyele emhlabeni kungakapheli amasonto ama-2-6.

3.Ukushintshela ezitsheni zephepha kuzonciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwezimpondo zepulasitiki
Ukusebenzisa kwethu izindiza zepulasitiki njengeplanethi kuyamangaza. Usuku ngalunye sisebenzisa izigidi zotshani - ezanele ukugcwalisa amabhasi ezikole angama-46,400 ngonyaka. Eminyakeni engama-25 edlule, ama-straw kanye nabavuseleli abangu-6,363,213 balandwa ngesikhathi semicimbi yokuhlanza amabhishi minyaka yonke. Ukukhetha iphepha ngaphezu kwepulasitiki kuzonciphisa kakhulu lokhu kungqimba.

4. Zitholakala (ngokuqhathaniswa)
Njengoba amabhizinisi amaningi esazi ngemiphumela emibi yotshani bepulasitiki nokwazi imvelo imfucuza yabo nokuvuselelwa kwezinyawo, isidingo samaphepha ephepha sikhuphukile. Eqinisweni, izinkampani ezinikezela ngotshani bephepha azikwazi ukuhambisana nesidingo. Amabhizinisi manje aseyakwazi ukuthenga utshani bephepha ngobuningi ngamasenti amabili nje vo.

5.Imibhalo yamaphepha iphephe kakhulu ezilwaneni zasendle
Izindwangu zamaphepha zilungele impilo yasolwandle. Ngokwesifundo esivela ku-5 Gyres, zizokwehla ezinyangeni eziyi-6, okusho ukuthi ziphephe kakhulu ezilwaneni zasendle kunezingodo zepulasitiki.