Ukuvota komphakathi waseBrithani kwembule ukuthi amaphesenti angu-77 akholelwa ukuthi olunye ucwaningo kufanele lwenziwe ngokushesha ukuze kutholakale umonakalo obangelwa upulasitiki empilweni yomuntu.
Le nhlolovo evela ku-Common Seas, ilandela isambulo sakamuva esivela ephepheni lesayensi elithunywe inkampani yezenhlalakahle futhi lanyatheliswa ngo-March, elibonisa amapulasitiki amancane angena egazini labantu abacishe babe yi-8-in-10.
Ososayensi abenze lolu cwaningo e-Vrije Universiteit e-Amsterdam bakhathazekile ngokuthi ukuba khona kwepulasitiki kunamandla okwethula nokubamba amagciwane namakhemikhali ayingozi emzimbeni.
Uma sicabangela le ncwadi, cishe amaphesenti angu-60 omphakathi akhathazekile ngokuthi ukuba khona kwala ma-microplastic egazini lomuntu kuyosho ukuthini empilweni yawo.
Izambulo eziphuma kulolu cwaningo eziqokomisa ukukhathazeka komphakathi ngomthelela wepulasitiki empilweni yomuntu ziphinde zisekele umkhankaso wePlastiki Yohlobo Lwegazi LweLwandle Oluvamile olucela uHulumeni wase-UK ukuthi ethule Isikhwama Sikazwelonke Sokucwaninga Ngemiphumela Yezempilo Yepulasitiki engu-ยฃ15 million.
"Ngesonto eledlule sithole ukuthi iningi lethu linoplastiki egazini lethu futhi ukuvota kwethu kukhombisa ukuthi umphakathi ufuna ucwaningo olwengeziwe," kuchaza i-Common Seas CEO uJo Royle. โLe ndawo ebalulekile yocwaningo ayinayo imali eningi.
โSinelungelo lokwazi ukuthi wonke lo pulasitiki wenzani emizimbeni yethu futhi nomphakathi ufuna ukwazi kabanzi. Njengoba ukukhiqizwa kwepulasitiki kusendleleni yokuphinda kabili eminyakeni engama-20 ezayo ubungozi kubantu bomhlaba buzokhula. Isidingo socwaningo olwengeziwe siyaphuthuma. Ukube uhulumeni ubengase abele u-ยฃ15m, amaphesenti angu-0.1 kuphela oxhaso lwaminyaka yonke lwe-R&D yase-UK, ukuze kwenziwe ucwaningo oluzinikele ngalolu daba besingaba nokuqonda okwengeziwe ngokuthi lokhu kusho ukuthini empilweni yabantu.โ
