(Bloomberg) - Vezvemamiriro ekunze vaona imwe njodzi kupasi.Inonzi nurdle.

Manurdles madiki mapellets epurasitiki resin haana kukura kupfuura penzura eraser iyo vagadziri vanoshandura kuita yekurongedza, mashanga epurasitiki, mabhodhoro emvura uye zvimwe zvakajairwa zvinangwa zvekuita kwezvakatipoteredza.

Asi nurdles pachawo idambudziko.Mabhirioni azvo anorasika kubva mukugadzira uye kugovera cheni gore rega rega, achidurura kana kuwacha munzira dzemvura.Muongorori wezvemamiriro ekunze weUK anofungidzira gore rapfuura kuti preproduction epurasitiki pellets ndiyo yechipiri pakukura sosi yekusvibiswa kwemicro-plastiki mumvura, mushure mezvimedu zvematairi emotokari.

Ikozvino, boka rinokurudzira vane masheya Sezvo Unodyara ranyorera zvisungo kuChevron Corp., DowDupont Inc., Exxon Mobil Corp. naPhillips 66 vachivakumbira kuti vataure kuti mangani manurdles anopukunyuka maitiro avo ekugadzira gore rega, uye kuti vari kugadzirisa nyaya iyi nemazvo sei. .

Sekururamisa, boka rinopa fungidziro yemitengo yakakwira yemari uye yezvakatipoteredza ine chekuita nekusvibiswa kwepurasitiki, uye nekuedza kwepasirese kwepasirese kugadzirisa.Izvi zvinosanganisira musangano weUnited Nations muNairobi uye mutemo wekuAmerica unorambidza mamicro-plastics anoshandiswa muzvizoro.

"Tave neruzivo mumakore mashoma apfuura kubva kuindasitiri yepurasitiki, kuti vari kutora zvese izvi zvakakomba," akadaro Conrad MacKerron, mutevedzeri wemutungamiri we As You Sow.Makambani aya anoti ane zvinangwa zvekugadzirisa zvakare mapurasitiki, akadaro."Iyi inguva yekunetsekana, yekuti vari serious ... kana vachida kubuda, warts nezvimwe, uye vachiti 'heino mamiriro ezvinhu.Heano madhiri ari kunze uko.Hezvino zvatiri kuita pamusoro pavo.’”

Makambani anototora chikamu muOperation Clean Sweep, indasitiri yekuzvidira-yakatsigirwa kuedza kuchengetedza mapurasitiki kunze kwegungwa.Sechikamu chechirongwa chinodaidzwa kuti OCS Blue, nhengo dzinokumbirwa kugovera data zvakavanzika neboka rekutengesa nezvehuwandu hwema resin pellets anotumirwa kana kugamuchirwa, akadururwa, akadzoserwa uye akashandiswazve, pamwe nechero kuedza kubvisa kuvuza.

Jacob Barron, mutauriri wePlastiki Indasitiri Association (PIA), inomirira maindasitiri, akati "mutemo wekuvanzika unosanganisirwa kubvisa kunetsa kwemakwikwi kunogona kudzivirira kambani kuburitsa ruzivo urwu."IAmerican Chemistry Council, rimwe boka rinokurudzira, rinotsigira OCS pamwe chete nePIA.Muna Chivabvu, yakazivisa zvibodzwa zvenguva refu zveindasitiri zvekudzoreredza nekudzokorodza kurongedza epurasitiki, uye kune vese vagadziri veUS kuti vabatane neOCS Blue panosvika 2020.

Pane ruzivo rushoma pamusoro pehukuru hwemhando iyi yekusvibiswa kwepurasitiki nemakambani eUS, uye vaongorori vepasirese vakanetsekana kuita ongororo chaiyo.Ongororo yakaitwa muna 2018 yakafungidzira kuti mamirioni matatu kusvika ku36 miriyoni anogona kutiza gore rega rega kubva munzvimbo imwe chete yeindasitiri muSweden, uye kana zvidiki zvidiki zvikatariswa, huwandu hunoburitswa hwakapetwa kazana.

Tsvagiridzo nyowani iri kuburitsa ubiquity yemapurasitiki pellets

Eunomia, muongorori wezvemamiriro ekunze weBritish akawana nurdles ndiyo yechipiri pakukura sosi yekusvibiswa kwepurasitiki, inofungidzirwa muna 2016 kuti UK inogona kurasikirwa nekusaziva pakati pe5.3 bhiriyoni kusvika 53 bhiriyoni pellets munzvimbo gore rega rega.

Tsvagiridzo itsva iri kuratidza kuwanda kweplastic pellets, kubva mumatumbu ehove dzakabatwa muSouth Pacific, kusvika kune maturakiti emuswe-pfupi albatross kuchamhembe uye kumahombekombe eMediterranean.

Braden Reddall, mutauriri weChevron, akati bhodhi remafuta emafuta anoongorora zvikumbiro zvevagovani uye rinopa kurudziro kune yega yega mugwaro rayo, rakarongwa muna Kubvumbi 9. Rachelle Schikorra, mutauriri weDow, akati kambani iyi inogara ichitaura nevanemasheya nezve budiriro. inoshanda "kugadzira zvigadziriso zvinodzivirira plastiki kunze kwenzvimbo yedu."

VaJoe Gannon, mutauriri wePhillips 66, vakati kambani yavo "yakagamuchira chikumbiro chevagovani uye yakazvipira kushamwaridzana nemumiriri."ExxonMobil yaramba kutaura.

Makambani aya achafunga mumwedzi yakati wandei inotevera kuti angasanganisira zvisungo muzvirevo zvegore rino, maererano neAs You Sow.