Aia ke kaua maoli me nā ʻeke plastik. Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi hōʻike hou o ka World Resources Institute a me ka United Nations Environment Programme ma kahi o 127 mau ʻāina (mai loko o 192 i nānā ʻia) ua kau mua i nā kānāwai e hoʻoponopono i nā ʻeke plastik. Aia kēia mau kānāwai mai ka pāpā pololei ʻana i ka mokupuni ʻo Marshall a hiki i ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā wahi e like me Moldova a me Uzbekistan.
Eia nō naʻe, ʻoiai ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o nā lula, ke hoʻomau nei ka pollution plastic i kahi pilikia nui. Ma kahi o 8 miliona metric tons o ka plastic i komo i ka moana i kēlā me kēia makahiki, e hōʻino ana i ke ola o lalo o ka wai a me nā kaiaola a pau i ke kaulahao meaʻai, e hoʻoweliweli ana i ke olakino kanaka. Wahi a , ʻike ʻia nā mea palaka i loko o ka ʻōpala kanaka ma ʻEulopa, Russia a me Iapana. Wahi a ka UN, ʻo ka hoʻohaumia ʻana o nā kino wai me ka plastic a me kāna mau huahana he mea hoʻoweliweli koʻikoʻi.
Hana nā ʻoihana ma kahi o 5 trillion ʻeke plastik i ka makahiki. Hiki i kēlā me kēia o kēia mau mea ke lawe ma mua o 1000 mau makahiki e decompose, a he kakaikahi wale nō i hana hou ʻia.
ʻO kekahi o nā kumu e hoʻomau ʻia ai ka pollution plastic, ʻo ia ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻeke plastik a puni ka honua, a he nui nā puka no ka uhaki ʻana i nā kānāwai paʻa. Eia kekahi mau kumu e kōkua ʻole ai nā lula ʻeke plastik i ke kaua ʻana i ka pollution moana e like me kā mākou makemake:
1. ʻAʻole hiki i ka hapa nui o nā ʻāina ke hoʻoponopono i ka plastic i kona pōʻai ola.
He liʻiliʻi loa nā ʻāina e hoʻoponopono i ke kaʻina ola holoʻokoʻa o nā ʻeke plastik, mai ka hana ʻana, ka hāʻawi ʻana a me ke kālepa e hoʻohana a hoʻopau. ʻO 55 wale nō nā ʻāina i kaupalena ʻia i ka hāʻawi ʻana aku i nā ʻeke plastik me nā mea paʻa i ka hana ʻana a me ka lawe ʻana mai. No ka laʻana, pāpā ʻo Kina i ka lawe ʻana mai o nā ʻeke plastik a koi aku i nā mea kūʻai aku e uku i nā mea kūʻai aku no nā ʻeke plastik, akā ʻaʻole ia e kaohi pono i ka hana ʻana a i ʻole ka lawe ʻana aku i nā ʻeke. Hoʻoponopono wale ʻo Ecuador, El Salvador a me Guyana i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o nā ʻeke plastik, ʻaʻole kā lākou lawe ʻia mai, hana ʻana a hoʻohana kūʻai paha.
2. Ua makemake nā ʻāina i ka pāpā hapa ma mua o ka pāpā piha.
Ua koho ʻo 89 mau ʻāina e hoʻolauna i nā pāpā ʻāpana a i ʻole nā palena i nā ʻeke plastik ma mua o nā pāpā piha. Hiki i nā pāpā ʻāpana ke komo i nā koi no ka mānoanoa a i ʻole ka haku ʻana o nā pūʻolo. No ka laʻana, ʻaʻole pāpā ʻia ʻo Farani, India, Italia, Madagascar a me kekahi mau ʻāina ʻē aʻe i nā ʻeke plastik āpau, akā pāpā lākou a ʻauhau paha i nā ʻeke plastik ma lalo o 50 microns mānoanoa.
3. ʻAʻohe ʻāina i kaohi i ka hana ʻana i nā ʻeke plastik.
ʻO nā palena leo paha kekahi o nā ala maikaʻi loa e kāohi ai i ke komo ʻana o nā plastics i loko o ka mākeke, akā ʻo ia ka mea hoʻohana liʻiliʻi loa. Hoʻokahi wale nō ʻāina ma ka honua - ʻo Cape Verde - i hoʻopuka i kahi palena kikoʻī o ka hana. Ua hoʻokomo ka ʻāina i ka hoʻemi ʻana o ka hana ʻana o nā ʻeke plastik, e hoʻomaka ana mai ka 60% i ka makahiki 2015 a hiki i ka 100% i ka makahiki 2016 i ka wā i hoʻokō ʻia ai ka pāpā piha ʻana i nā ʻeke plastik. Mai ia manawa, ʻae ʻia nā ʻeke plastik biodegradable a me ka compostable ma ka ʻāina.
4. He nui nā mea ʻokoʻa.
ʻO nā ʻāina he 25 me ka pāpā ʻeke plastik, he 91 ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia, a ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o hoʻokahi. No ka laʻana, hoʻokuʻu ʻo Cambodia i nā mea liʻiliʻi (emi ma lalo o 100 kg) o nā ʻeke plastik ʻaʻole kālepa mai ka lawe ʻia ʻana mai. 14 ʻAʻole maopopo nā ʻāina ʻApelika i kā lākou pāpā ʻeke plastik. Hiki ke pili i kekahi mau hana a huahana paha. ʻO nā mea hoʻokuʻu maʻamau, ʻo ia ka lawelawe ʻana a me ka lawe ʻana i nā meaʻai palaho a hou, ka lawe ʻana i nā mea kūʻai liʻiliʻi, hoʻohana no ka noiʻi ʻepekema a lapaʻau paha, a me ka mālama ʻana a me ka hoʻolei ʻana i ka ʻōpala a i ʻole ka ʻōpala. Hiki i nā mea hoʻokuʻu ʻē aʻe ke ʻae i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻeke plastik no ka lawe ʻana aku, nā kumu palekana aupuni (nā ʻeke ma nā mokulele a me nā hale kūʻai duty-free), a i ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mahiʻai.
5. ʻAʻohe mea hoʻoikaika e hoʻohana i nā mea ʻē aʻe.
ʻAʻole hāʻawi pinepine nā aupuni i ke kālā no nā ʻeke hoʻohana hou. ʻAʻole koi lākou i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea hana hou i ka hana ʻana i nā ʻeke plastik a biodegradable paha. He 16 wale nō nā ʻāina i loaʻa nā lula e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻeke hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia a i ʻole nā mea ʻē aʻe e like me nā ʻeke i hana ʻia mai nā mea kanu.
Ke neʻe nei kekahi mau ʻāina ma mua o nā lula e kū nei i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā ala hou a hoihoi. Ke hoʻāʻo nei lākou e hoʻololi i ke kuleana no ka pollution plastic mai nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā aupuni i nā hui e hana i ka plastic. No ka laʻana, ua ʻae ʻo Australia a me India i nā kulekele e koi ana i ke kuleana o ka mea hana hoʻonui a me kahi ʻano kulekele e koi ai i nā mea hana ke kuleana no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe a hana hou ʻana i kā lākou huahana.
ʻAʻole lawa nā hana i hana ʻia no ka hakakā maikaʻi ʻana i ka haumia plastik. Ua pāpālua ʻia ka hana ʻana o ka plastic i nā makahiki he 20 i hala iho nei a ua manaʻo ʻia e hoʻomau ka ulu ʻana, no laila pono ke ao nei e hōʻemi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻeke plastik hoʻohana hoʻokahi.