UFrancesca Benson ungumhleli nombhali wezisebenzi oneziqu ze-master in biochemistry evela eNyuvesi yaseBirmingham.
I-England kulindeleke ukuthi ivimbele ukusetshenziswa okukodwa kwepulasitiki kanye neziqukathi zokudla ze-polystyrene ezisetshenziswa kanye nje kulandela umnyakazo ofanayo owenziwa yiScotland neWales ngo-2022, okwenze kwaba yicala ukuhlinzeka ngalezi zinto.Ilinganiselwa ku-2.5 bhiliyoni izinkomishi zekhofi ezisetshenziswa kanye ezisetshenziswa e-UK unyaka nonyaka, kanti kwezigidigidi ezi-4.25 zokusika izinto ezisetshenziswa kanye kanye namapuleti asetshenziswa kanye ayi-1.1 billion asetshenziswa minyaka yonke, i-England iphinda igaywe kabusha u-10%.
Izinyathelo zizosebenza emabhizinisini afana nezindawo zokudlela kanye nezindawo zokudlela, kodwa hhayi ezitolo ezinkulu nezitolo.Lokhu kulandela ukubonisana nomphakathi okwenziwa uMnyango Wezemvelo, Ukudla Nezindaba Zasemakhaya (DEFRA) kusukela ngoNovemba 2021 kuya kuFebhuwari 2022. I-DEFRA kubikwa ukuthi izoqinisekisa lesi sinyathelo ngoJanuwari 14.
I-polystyrene (EPS) enwetshiwe futhi enwetshiwe ithatha cishe u-80% wemakethe yeziqukathi zokudla neziphuzo zase-UK ephepheni elikhishwe ngokuhambisana nokubonisana kukaNovemba 2021.Lo mbhalo uthi iziqukathi “azikwazi ukubola noma zibole, ngakho zinganqwabelana endaweni ezungezile.Izinto ze-styrofoam zishwabene kakhulu ngemvelo yazo, okusho ukuthi uma izinto sezingcolile, zivame ukuphuka zibe izingcezu ezincane.ukusabalala kwemvelo.”
“Izinto zokusika zepulasitiki ezilahlwayo ngokuvamile zenziwe nge-polymer ebizwa ngokuthi i-polypropylene;amapuleti alahlwayo enziwe nge-polypropylene noma i-polystyrene,” kuchaza omunye umbhalo ohlobene nokubonisana.“Ezinye izinto ezisetshenziswayo ziwohloka ngokushesha - ukusika izinkuni kulinganiselwa ukuthi kuzowohloka phakathi neminyaka emi-2, kuyilapho ukubola kwephepha isikhathi sihluka kusuka kumaviki ayisi-6 kuye kwangama-60.Imikhiqizo eyenziwe ngezinye izinto zokwakha nayo ayidingi kakhulu ikhabhoni ukuze yenziwe.Okuphansi (233 kgCO2e) [kg okulingana ne-CO2] ngethani lokhuni nephepha kanye no-354 kg CO2e ngethani lezinto ezisetshenziswa enqubweni yokukhiqiza, uma kuqhathaniswa no-1,875 kg CO2e kanye nezi-2,306 “zokushiswa kwepulasitiki”.
Izinto ezilahlwayo “zivame ukulahlwa njengemfucuza evamile noma udoti kunokuba zigaywe kabusha ngenxa yesidingo sokuzihlela nokuhlanza.mancane amathuba okugaywa kabusha.
"Ukuhlolwa komthelela kucabangele izinketho ezimbili: inketho "yokungenzi lutho" kanye nenketho yokuvimbela amapuleti epulasitiki asetshenziswa kanye nezinto zokusika ngo-Ephreli 2023," kusho lo mbhalo.Nokho, lezi zinyathelo zizokwethulwa ngo-Okthoba.
UNgqongqoshe wezeMvelo uTeresa Coffey uthe: "Sithathe izinyathelo ezibalulekile eminyakeni yamuva, kodwa siyazi ukuthi kusekuningi okufanele kwenziwe futhi siphinde silalele umphakathi," kusho uNgqongqoshe wezeMvelo uTeresa Coffey, ngokusho kwe-BBC.plastic futhi usize ukonga imvelo ezizukulwaneni ezizayo.“
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Mar-28-2023