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ʻEkolu mau makahiki e ola ana nā ʻeke plastik 'Biodegradable' ma ka lepo a me ke kai

Ua ʻike ʻia ua hiki i nā ʻeke ke halihali i ke kūʻai ʻana me nā koi kūlohelohe

ʻO nā ʻeke plastik i ʻōlelo ʻia he biodegradable i paʻa a hiki ke lawe i ke kūʻai ʻana i ʻekolu mau makahiki ma hope o ka ʻike ʻia ʻana i ke kaiapuni kūlohelohe, ua ʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi.

ʻO ka noiʻi no ka manawa mua i hoʻāʻo i nā ʻeke compostable, ʻelua ʻano o ka ʻeke biodegradable a me nā ʻeke lawe maʻamau ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kai, ka ea a me ka honua.ʻAʻohe o nā ʻeke i pohō loa ma nā wahi āpau.

Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻeke compostable ma mua o ka ʻeke biodegradable i kapa ʻia.Ua nalo loa ka laʻana o ka ʻeke compostable ma hope o ʻekolu mahina i loko o ke kai moana akā ʻōlelo ka poʻe noiʻi he pono hou aku ka hana e hoʻokumu ai i ke ʻano o nā huahana wāwahi a noʻonoʻo i nā hopena kūlohelohe.

Ma hope o ʻekolu mau makahiki, hiki i nā ʻeke "biodegradable" i kanu ʻia i loko o ka lepo a me ke kai ke lawe i nā mea kūʻai.Aia ka ʻeke compostable i loko o ka lepo 27 mahina ma hope o ke kanu ʻia ʻana, akā i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana me ke kūʻai ʻana ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke paʻa i ke kaumaha me ka ʻole e haehae.

Ua ʻōlelo ka poʻe noiʻi mai ka University of Plymouth's International Marine Litter Research Unit i ka noiʻi - i paʻi ʻia ma ka puke pai Environmental Science and Technology - hoʻāla i ka nīnau inā hiki ke hilinaʻi ʻia nā ʻano hana biodegradable e hāʻawi i kahi kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka degradation a no laila he hopena maoli i ka pilikia o ka palaka.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Imogen Napper, nāna i alakaʻi i ke aʻo ʻana:Ma hope o ʻekolu mau makahiki, kahaha maoli au i ka hiki ʻana i kekahi o nā ʻeke ke hoʻopaʻa i kahi ukana kūʻai.No nā ʻeke biodegradable hiki ke hana ʻo ia ka mea kupanaha loa.Ke ʻike ʻoe i kahi mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma kēlā ʻano, manaʻo wau e manaʻo ʻoe e hoʻohaʻahaʻa koke ia ma mua o nā ʻeke maʻamau.Akā, ma hope o ʻekolu mau makahiki ma ka liʻiliʻi, hōʻike kā mākou noiʻi ʻaʻole paha ka hihia. "

Ma kahi o ka hapalua o nā plastics e hoʻolei ʻia ma hope o ka hoʻohana ʻana hoʻokahi a ʻo ka nui o nā mea i hoʻopau ʻia e like me ka ʻōpala.

ʻOiai ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana o nā uku no nā ʻeke plastik ma UK, ke hana mau nei nā hale kūʻai i nā piliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki.Aka nānā ʻana i nā hale kūʻai kiʻekiʻe 10e Greenpeace i hōʻike ʻia e hana ana lākou i 1.1bn mau ʻeke plastik hoʻohana hoʻokahi, 1.2bn mau ʻeke huahana plastik no nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu a me 958m mau "ʻeke no ke ola" i hoʻokahi makahiki.

Wahi a ka noiʻi ʻo Plymouth i ka makahiki 2010 ua manaʻo ʻia he 98.6bn mau ʻeke ʻeke plastik i waiho ʻia ma ka mākeke EU a ma kahi o 100bn mau ʻeke plastik hou i waiho ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki mai ia manawa.

ʻO ka ʻike i ka pilikia o ka pollution plastic a me ka hopena i ke kaiapuni ua alakaʻi i ka ulu ʻana i nā koho biodegradable a me ka compostable.

Ua ʻōlelo ka noiʻi ua kūʻai ʻia kekahi o kēia mau huahana me nā ʻōlelo e hōʻike ana hiki iā lākou ke "hoʻihoʻi hou ʻia i loko o ke ʻano me ka wikiwiki ma mua o ka plastic maʻamau" a i ʻole "nā mea kanu i ka plastic".

Akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo Napper i nā hopena i hōʻike ʻole ʻia kekahi o nā ʻeke e hiki ke hilinaʻi ʻia e hōʻike i kahi pōʻino nui i loko o ʻekolu mau makahiki ma nā wahi āpau."No laila ʻaʻole maopopo i ka hāʻawi ʻana o ka oxo-biodegradable a i ʻole biodegradable formulations i ka nui o ka holomua o ka deterioration i mea e pono ai i ka pōʻaiapili o ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻōpala moana, ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā ʻeke maʻamau," i ʻike ʻia ka noiʻi.

Ua hōʻike ʻia ka noiʻi ʻana he mea nui ke ʻano o ka hoʻolei ʻia ʻana o nā ʻeke compostable.Pono lākou e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i loko o kahi kaʻina hana compost i mālama ʻia ma o ka hana ʻana o nā micro-organism kūlohelohe.Akā ua ʻōlelo ka hōʻike e koi ana kēia i kahi kahawai ʻōpala i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ka ʻōpala compostable - ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā UK.

ʻO Vegware, ka mea nāna i hana i ka ʻeke compostable i hoʻohana ʻia i ka noiʻi, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ke aʻo ʻana he mea hoʻomanaʻo kūpono i ka manawa ʻaʻohe mea kilokilo, a hiki ke hana hou ʻia i kāna hale kūpono.

"He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo i ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā huaʻōlelo e like me ka compostable, biodegradable a me (oxo)-degradable," wahi a kahi ʻōlelo.“ʻO ka hoʻolei ʻana i kahi huahana i loko o ke kaiapuni ʻo ia ka lepo, compostable a i ʻole.ʻAʻole ʻo ke kanu ʻana i ka compost.Hiki i nā mea compostable ke compost me nā kūlana koʻikoʻi ʻelima - microbes, oxygen, moisture, mehana a me ka manawa.

Ua hoʻohālikelike ʻia ʻelima ʻano ʻano ʻeke ʻeke ʻeke ʻili.ʻO kēia mau ʻano ʻelua ʻeke oxo-biodegradable, hoʻokahi ʻeke biodegradable, hoʻokahi ʻeke compostable, a me kahi ʻeke polyethylene kiʻekiʻe - he ʻeke plastik maʻamau.

Ua loaʻa i ka haʻawina ka nele o ka hōʻike maopopo ʻana i hāʻawi ʻia nā mea biodegradable, oxo-biodegradable a me compostable i ka pono kaiapuni ma mua o nā plastics maʻamau, a ʻo ka hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia i microplastics ke kumu o ka hopohopo hou.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Prof Richard Thompson, ke poʻo o ka hui, ua hāpai ka noiʻi i nā nīnau e pili ana i ka hoʻopunipuni ʻia ʻana o ka lehulehu.

Hōʻike mākou ma ʻaneʻi ʻaʻole i hōʻike ʻia nā mea i hoʻāʻo ʻia i kahi pono kūpono, hilinaʻi a kūpono hoʻi i ka pōʻaiapili o ka ʻōpala kai, "wahi āna."Ke hopohopo nei au i kēia mau mea noʻonoʻo e hōʻike ana i nā pilikia i ka hana hou ʻana.Hoʻomaopopo kā mākou noiʻi i ka pono o nā maʻamau e pili ana i nā mea hiki ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia, e wehewehe pono ana i ke ala hoʻokuʻu kūpono a me nā helu o ka degradation e hiki ke manaʻo ʻia.

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Ka manawa hoʻouna: Mei-23-2022