Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei ʻo Rebecca Prince-Ruiz i ka holomua ʻana o kāna neʻe ʻana i ka Plastic Free July i nā makahiki, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke ʻae i ka ʻakaʻaka.ʻO ka mea i hoʻomaka i ka makahiki 2011 ma ke ʻano he 40 poʻe e hana nei i ka hele ʻana i ka plastic-free hoʻokahi mahina i ka makahiki ua loaʻa ka manawa i 326 miliona mau kānaka e hoʻohiki nei e hana i kēia hana i kēia lā.
"Ua ʻike au i ka piʻi ʻana o ka hoihoi i kēlā me kēia makahiki," wahi a Ms Prince-Ruiz, aia ma Perth, Australia, a me ka mea kākau o Plastic Free: The Inspiring Story of a Global Environmental Movement and Why It Matters.
"I kēia mau lā, ke nānā nui nei ka poʻe i ka mea a lākou e hana nei i ko lākou ola a pehea e hiki ai iā lākou ke hopu i kahi manawa e hoʻemi ʻole ʻia," wahi āna.
Mai ka makahiki 2000, ua hana ka ʻoihana plastics e like me ka nui o ka plastic e like me nā makahiki i hala i hui ʻia,kahi hōʻike World Wildlife Fund ma 2019loaa."Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka hana ʻana o ka plastik puʻupaʻa i 200 mau manawa mai ka makahiki 1950, a ua hoʻonui ʻia ma ka 4% o ka makahiki mai ka makahiki 2000," wahi a ka hōʻike.
Ua hoʻoikaika kēia i nā ʻoihana e hoʻololi i ka plastik hoʻohana hoʻokahi me ka hoʻopili biodegradable a me ka compostable i hoʻolālā ʻia e hōʻemi nui i nā plastic footprint ʻona i waiho ʻia.
I Malaki, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Mars Wrigley lāua ʻo Danimer Scientific i kahi hui hou ʻelua makahiki e hoʻomohala i ka ʻōpala compostable no Skittles ma US, i manaʻo ʻia aia ma nā papa ma mua o 2022.
Aia kekahi ʻano polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) e nānā a like me ka plastic, akā hiki ke hoʻolei ʻia i loko o ka compost kahi e haki ai, ʻaʻole like me ka plastic maʻamau e lawe ana ma nā wahi a pau mai 20 a 450 mau makahiki e popopo loa.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Jan-21-2022
