Zilungiselele umva wentsimbi obuyela umva ngo-2019UNahomi Rahim / Getty Ndisengozini yokucebisa. Ingakumbi ingcebiso yokuba, ngomzamo omncinci kakhulu, ndinokutshintsha umhlaba ube ngcono. Ndiyekile ke ukusebenzisa imicu yeplastiki.
I-2018 yayingunyaka endafunda ukuba amaMelika asebenzisa ama-500 ezigidi ezilahlwayo zeplastiki rhoqo usuku . Ukuba unxweme lwehlabathi luzele yimigca yeplastiki eyi-8.3 billion. Okwangoku, ngoqikelelo oluthile, iitoni ezizigidi ezisi-8 zeplastiki ezidadayo elwandle. Ndiphantsi kwengcinga yokuba zonke iiplastikhi endizilahle ngokufanelekileyo kwimigqomo yeplastiki eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka iphinda iphinde isetyenziswe kwakhona, kodwa ayilunganga. Ziipesenti ezilithoba kuphela zeeplastikhi eziphinda zisetyenziswe. Iipesenti ezingama-91 eziseleyo ziya kuwukhathalela umhlaba amawaka eminyaka.
Ndifundisiwe ngento eyoyikisayo ekhoyo yeendiza zeplastiki ngamajelo eendaba ezentlalo. Ndibukele ividiyo egazini yentsholongwane yeplastiki ekhutshwa kancinci empumlweni kofudo lwaselwandle. Ndaye ndabona ukuba iividiyo zezilwanyana ezibandezelekayo nezisifa kukugqithisa kweeplastikhi ezenziwe ngabantu zikwindawo yonke. (I INew York Times kutshanje ndombathise le… wonwabe: Amaqhekeza ayi-1 000 ePlastiki afunyenwe ngaphakathi kuMnenga ofileyo eIndonesia Ndiza kuvuma ukuba kwakundithatha umzuzwana ukudibanisa amachaphaza: ukonakaliswa kwendalo kwabantu emhlabeni - nokuba kukungcoliseka kwendalo okanye ukufudumala kwehlabathi - kuzakusebenzela ukunyusa ukutya kum nawe. Abantu be-Intanethi abanee-PhDs kwi-Intanethi Opinions bakhawuleze ukucacisa ukuba ukumisa utshintsho kwintlekele kwindalo esingqongileyo yinkqubo enamanyathelo amabini kwaye elinye lala manyathelo ngokuqinisekileyo lalisusa iindiza zeplastiki.
Ziihagu ezingoohlohlesakhe kuphela ezibhabhayo kulwelo oluchukumisa imilebe yalo!
Ke njengawo nawuphi na uvelwano, umqondiso wokulunga elitist, ndithathe isigqibo sokwenza okuthile ngayo. Ndaphinda ndaphinda ndanxibelelana namanye amabali malunga nokuwa kwendalo. Ndinqabe umququ weplastiki kwi-brunch phambi kwabahlobo bam, bothuka. Kwaye ndicinge ngokuthenga i-straw ye-20 yentsimbi.
Ingcinga emnandi yayihamba ngoluhlobo: umnini webhodiga wayezakundinika umququ weplastiki ogobileyo kwaye ndandinqwala intloko kancinci ngaphambi kokufikelela kwi-holster yam yentsimbi ye-holster. Emva koko, ngokuqhwanyaza nje isihlahla, ndandivula umququ wam wentsimbi njengemela yebhabhathane. Ndiza kuthi emva koko ndinyathele kwaye ndisele ikombucha yam, ndisazi ukuba bendihlangula oofudo baselwandle.
Khange ndityalomali kwangoko kumququ wentsimbi, nangona. Iidola ezimashumi mabini yayisengamashumi amabini eedola kwi-2018, kwaye isetyenziswe kakuhle kwi-avocado toast. Kodwa ndiyithathele ingqalelo kuba ndifuna ukwenza umohluko ngaphandle kokufaka umzamo omkhulu. Ewe, ndandilandela umhlambi kodwa umhlambi wawubonakala ngathi ngumntu wonke.
NgoJulayi, Seattle, Washington, yaba sisixeko sokuqala esikhulu e-US ukubeka i-kibosh kwimicu yeplastiki nakwizitya. California yaba lilizwe lokuqala Ukuthintela iindiza zeplastiki kwiindawo zokutyela ngoSeptemba. Ukuba ufuna umququ kwi-LA ngo-2019 kuyakufuneka ujonge iserver esweni kwaye uthi ndilirhorho elicaphukela umama womhlaba ndingacela istro seplastikhi ukuze, ngokulula ngakumbi, ndimunce le ncindi icinezelwe kubanda ebusweni bam benkunkuma?
Kodwa yayingengabo oorhulumente behippie kuphela kuNxweme oluseNtshona abagqiba ekubeni baqubisane nomba weplastikhi kulo nyaka. Iinkampani ezinkulu ezifana ne-Starbucks, i-Hyatt kunye ne-American Airlines bajoyine , ukuvalwa kweendiza zeplastiki. Imarike yasimahla kunye norhulumente bebevumelana: eyona ndlela, ngalo mzuzu, yokuba noxanduva lokusingqongileyo kukususa iindiza zeplastiki. Ukuba ulutsha olubini olujamelene neekerubhi lufuna ukwabelana ngobisi olunye kumthombo wesoda, ngoku kuya kufuneka basebenzise umququ wephepha, onganyangekiyo kumathe agqithisileyo, okanye ugcine isitro sentsimbi esibiza kangangesithandathu zobisi.
Ndemkile ekubambeni iintyatyambo zeeplastiki ezityiweyo nge-7-11 kuba bendinokuya kwi-anti-strawist eguqukayo, ngeentsuku, ngeentsuku. Okomzuzwana ndibiza umququ kwinja yam eshushu esithengisa esitratweni, elandelayo ndisebenzisa ubuchwephesha bengqondo ukudimaza ikepusi enxibe isinxibo somzobi ozimeleyo ekufikeleleni kuloo straw wecofi yekhephu. Kodwa ngala maxesha siphila kuwo: izigqibo zeemvakalelo zenziwa ngokukhawuleza kwaye zinomdla kuba ziziva zilungile. Kwakukho ezinye izinto endandingazicingeli, njengeemfuno zabantu abakhubazekileyo , owakhankanya kwangoko ukuvalwa kweendiza zeplastiki. Aba bantu abasoloko bekwazi ukusela kwiikomityi ngenxa yezizathu ezininzi kwaye imicu yeplastiki iluncedo, ukutsho nje okuncinci.
Umkhwa wentsimbi wentsimbi wakhula ngokukhawuleza kangangokuba bambalwa kuthi ekucingelwa ukuba bakhanyisile iiPlanethi zePlanethi bacinga ngezidingo zezinye iintlobo zabantu ezingezizo iiPlanethi zePlanethi. Ndiyathetha, ndinganakho ukuthenga umququ wentsimbi, ndicinga njalo. Ndihlawula iinkonzo zokusasaza ezininzi endizibukeleyo kwiscreen esikhulu kwaye ndiyaziwa ngokukhwela esixekweni kwi-Uber, njengenkosana. Kodwa ayinguye wonke umntu onokuzithwala ezo ndleko. Intshukumo yokuvalwa kweendiza yayineenjongo ezintle, kodwa uyazi ukuba bathini malunga nendlela eya esihogweni. (Isihogo asinakulungelwa ngabantu abalungileyo abaziphulula emqolo.)
Khange ndiqwalasele ungquzulwano phakathi kokukhathalela umhlaba kunye nezinto zasimahla. Ingca yeplastiki ngummangaliso omncinci wokunceda okwangoku. Yenye yeenkqubela zempucuko yethu esiyithathayo sonke. Ezilahlwayo ezilahliweyo, amawaka eeyure yenyani yokwenziwa kweenkqubo zikamabonwakude, iinkukhu zexabiso lenkukhu ezifriziweyo ezingabizi kakhulu. Ezi zizinto ezenza ubomi banamhlanje bube nentsingiselo yokuphila. Ngokukodwa ii-nuggets ezinqabileyo zenkukhu. Ndingakwazi ukufikelela kwiinkuku ezininzi ezinqabileyo zenkukhu, ngakumbi ukuba ndizithenga eCostco.
Kwinxalenye enkulu, ndiyakholelwa ukuba umndilili waseMelika ukhathalele indalo. Abafuni udaka oluyityhefu olulahlwe kwimilambo. Bachasene nokuguqula iMelika kwi-junkyard enkulu. Bayazi ukuba utshintsho lwemozulu olwenziwe ngabantu yinto engenakuphikiswa yenzululwazi kwaye abo baphikisana nayo luhlobo olufanayo lokuphazamisa irenti-abaphandi abasebenza kwishishini lecuba amashumi eminyaka. Ukugcina okusingqongileyo yingxaki yexesha elide abathi oososayensi bokwenene bathi isekhona kunokwenzeka ukusombulula . Kuya kuba nzima. Akukho sisombululo silula… njengawe, endaweni yokutshintshwa kweendiza zeplastiki ngeendleko eziphinda zisebenze. 
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Oko akutsho ukuba akukho bantu bacinga ngendalo ngaphandle phaya abazama ukucoca iplanethi: Umqambi waseDatshi uBoyan Slat yenze umbhobho weplastiki ongama-2000 ubude onokudonsa iscreen se-nylon esikwi-10 elwandle, uhlobo lwenkunkuma, yena kunye nabatyali-mali bakhe abacinga ukuba banokunceda ukucoca i-Great Pacific Garbage Patch, ibala lomntu leeplastikhi ezidadayo kunye ne-detritus kabini ubukhulu beTexas (kukho ubuncinci ezine ngaphezulu kwihlabathi liphela). Ezi ntlobo zemizamo ebonakalayo kufuneka zifumane ingqalelo engakumbi kuba ndicinga ukuba ziya kuduma. Nokuba ngaba ayisebenzi ngokwenene . Enkosi ngokuzama, Boyan!
Ukuvalwa kwengca, nangona kunjalo, kubonakala kungathandeki. Njengoko kuvela, bobabini abagcinayo kunye neenkqubela phambili bayonwabela izinto ezilula ebomini. Incoko isukile Masigcine okusingqongileyo ukuba I-f ** k ndifanele ukusela njani le Big Gulp? Le yenye yeendlela uMongameli uTrump ayiphumelela ngayo inkcubeko emfazweni. Ukhetha iimfazwe ezincinci. Akunakuphepheka ukuba impucuko yoluntu ngenye imini iya kukhetha ukutshintsha okanye inyanzelwe ukuba itshintshe. Yimpikiswano enkulu leyo. Kodwa endaweni yokuba nengxoxo enkulu, abanye bethu basweleka kwinduli eyenziwe ngeetyhubhu ezincinci ezinqinileyo.
Abaphathi be-fossil ye-fossil kufuneka ukuba bayayithanda i-Great Straw Revolt ka-2018 kuba akukho mntu wayethetha ngabo. Njengoko kuvela, Bekufanele ukuba sithetha ngabo : I-oyile enkulu ibizama ngokufihlakeleyo ukubuyisela umva imigangatho yokukhutshwa kweemoto ethi nkqu neenkampani zeemoto zilunge ngayo, ezinokumpomela iigesi ezingaphezulu kwendalo emoyeni. Ke banokuthengisa igesi eninzi. Bafana neeHamburglars kuphela endaweni yokuba iihamburger ezimnandi, bayayonakalisa imozulu ngenzuzo.
Ndiyazi ukuba unobangela wam omtsha uphulukene nam mzuzu ndifunda iposi kuFacebook kumhlobo wam onekratshi ovutha ngumsindo owakhalaza ngomsindo ukuba ivenkile yakhe yekofu eUststate New York ithathe indawo yeeplastikhi zekofu zeplastikhi ngefetuccine engaphekwanga. U-barista wamxelela ukuba angatya ipasta ukuba ithambile! Ikofu Ramen. Ewe, oku akuzange kuhambe kakuhle kuye kwaphela. Iposti yakhe yayiyeyezona zide ukuba uzijonga kwaye ucinge ukuba loo mntu unomsindo. Kwaye ndazibona ndivumelana naye.
Kulapho ndaye ndabona ukuba ndinetyala lokutsiba kwi-bandwagon njenge-smartypants liberal endiyiyo. Ndandingumhanahanisi. Ndashumayela ngobomi obungenazitroyi zeplastikhi, kodwa ndisacela iiplastikhi ezimbini xa ndithenga ezivenkileni. Khange ndiyeke ukuntywilisela iibhotile zeplastiki zamanzi. Uku-odolwa kwam kokuhambisa ukutya bekungokoqobo bezikhongozeli zeplastiki. Ndiqale ukucima ii-tweets ezingcwele malunga nemicu engafaniyo nokucima izitikha ezindala zezopolitiko.