Intlalontle yezilwanyana: Ingena njani iplastiki elwandle?

Njengendalo, izilwanyana nazo zidlala indima ebalulekileyo emhlabeni wethu. Ukukhusela nokukhathalela ilizwe lezilwanyana kunye nokukhusela amalungelo alo ngumsebenzi wabantu. Uninzi lukholelwa ekubeni alunakwenza nto ngentlalontle yezilwanyana. Kodwa ikakhulu ezi zizinto zemihla ngemihla ebomini, njengokuthintela ukutya inyama okanye ukuthintela iplastiki. Iplastiki ayitshabalalisi kuphela indalo kunye nolwandle, ikwabulala izilwanyana. Thatha umnenga. Olu hlobo lokutya kwezilwanyana kwi-plankton kwaye lwenze njalo kwizigidi zeminyaka, ukusukela kwixesha apho iindidi zeHomo sapiens zazingekabikho. Ubukho beminenga busengozini namhlanje kuba iilwandle zingcoliswe sisixa esikhulu seplastiki.

Iplastiki eyenziwe ngabantu kwaye ilahlwe njengenkunkuma engenaxabiso emva kokusetyenziswa kube kanye Kwimeko elungileyo, iplastiki iphinda isetyenziswe kwakhona, kwimeko eqhelekileyo iplastiki ilayishwa kwilori kwaye ihanjiswe ngeenqwelo. Ngokuqinisekileyo akukho namnye umthengi owaziyo apho iplastiki engenaxabiso ibekwa khona emva kokusebenzisa kube kanye. Lo mntu ungalindelanga uzibiza ngokuba nguHomo sapiens, onesiphiwo sokuqiqa, kodwa kuyo yonke into engaphaya kweemfuno zokuzingca, benza ngokungakhathali kwaye ngaphandle kwesizathu. Into ephambili ayibizi. Apho kupakishwe khona iplastikhi kunye nebhotile yeplastiki ayinamsebenzi. Eyona nto ibalulekileyo kukuba akasekho. Oku kubizwa ngokuba kukhenketho lwenkunkuma.

Kwaye ilori iqhuba kwaye iqhube kwaye, kwimeko embi kakhulu, isiya kwizibuko. Umvuzo wakhe, ongenamsebenzi, ulayishwa enqanaweni. Yinqanawa enesisu esikhulu apho umthwalo wetrakhi yethu kunye nezinye iilori zitsaliwe. Akuthathi xesha lide ukulayisha. Emva koko sithule, injini ivule kwaye icime siye kolunye ulwandle, apho izixa ezikhulu zenkunkuma zeplastiki kunye neminatha yokuloba sele idada. Umthwalo wenqanawa omnye awusabonakali. Kwaye kwakhona i-flap iyavulwa kwaye inkunkuma entsha yeplastiki idityaniswe nenkunkuma endala yeplastiki. Kwaye njengokuba umhlaba ujikeleza ilanga, amavili etrakhi ajika azise umthwalo olandelayo kwizibuko ukuze inqanawa ikwazi ukuphinda iphume ngesisu esishushu. Into ephambili kukuba ishishini elinempahla engenamsebenzi lishishini elilungileyo.

Ngubani osacinga ngezilwanyana zaselwandle? Ngubani osacinga ngomnenga? Kwizigidi zeminyaka izondle ngohlobo lokuba ivule umlomo ngelixa ibhukuda kwaye icoca ukutya kwayo emanzini ahamba kuyo. Isebenze iminyaka engama-30 ezigidi. Kude kube nguHomo sapiens efumanise izibonelelo zeplastiki kwaye engamvumeli ukuba akrelekrele ngakumbi kunokuba yimveliso elahlwayo emva kokusetyenziswa kube kanye. Ukusukela ngoko, iilwandlekazi bezizele ziiplastiki. Iminenga ivula imilomo yayo njengoko ibisenza kangangesithuba seminyaka engama-30 ezigidi, kwaye amanzi, iplankton neplastiki, ezisongela ubomi kuzo, zigalela emzimbeni wazo. Qho ngonyaka, amawakawaka ezilwanyana zaselwandle ziyafa kwizintsalela zeplastiki.

Lo ngumsebenzi weHomo sapiens: iruble iyaqengqeleka, kodwa izizathu noxanduva zibekwe kwikhefu elisigxina. Ukuchuma kokwenyani kunikwa kuphela xa abantu bekwazi ukuvumela izilwanyana zaselwandle ukuba zizondle ngokufanelekileyo kwakhona. Kungenxa yoko le nto ndibongoza abantu ukuba bayeke ukusebenzisa iplastiki okanye baphinde basebenzise le nto nge-100%.

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