Iplanethi yethu iyashintsha.Kanjalo nobuntatheli bethu.Le ndaba iyingxenye ye-Our Changing Planet, uhlelo lwe-CBC News lokubonisa nokuchaza umthelela wokuguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nalokho okwenziwayo.
UGinger Merpaw waseLondon, e-Ontario ubegqoke amalensi okuxhumana cishe iminyaka engama-40 futhi ubengazi ukuthi ama-microplastics kumalensi azogcina esemanzini nasezindaweni zokulahla imfucumfucu.
Bausch Futhi Lomb Oxhumana nabo
Ukuze kuncishiswe umthelela omkhulu wemvelo walawa ma-lens amancane, amakhulu emitholampilo ye-Optometry kulo lonke elase-Canada abamba iqhaza ohlelweni olukhethekile oluhloselwe ukuwasebenzisa kabusha kanye nokupakishwa kwawo.
I-Bausch+ Lomb Every Contact Counts Counts Recycling Programme ikhuthaza abantu ukuthi bafake abathintwayo babo emitholampilo ebambe iqhaza ukuze bapakishwe ukuze bagaywe kabusha.
“Ugaya kabusha ipulasitiki nezinto ezinjalo, kodwa angikaze ngicabange ukuthi ungaphinda usebenzise oxhumana nabo.Lapho ngizikhipha, ngazifaka kudoti, ngakho ngavele ngacabanga ukuthi ziyakwazi ukubola, ngingacabangi lutho,” kusho uMerpaw.
Cishe amaphesenti angu-20 abantu abasebenzisa amalensi okuxhumana bawaphonsa endlini yangasese noma bawalahle kudoti, kusho u-Hamis. Umtholampilo wakhe ungenye yezindawo ezingu-250 zase-Ontario ezibamba iqhaza ohlelweni lokugaywa kabusha.
"I-contact lens ngezinye izikhathi ayinakwa uma kuziwa ekusetshenzisweni kabusha, ngakho-ke leli yithuba elihle lokusiza imvelo," esho.
Ngokusho kwe-TerraCycle, inkampani egaya kabusha ehola lo msebenzi, abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-290 abathintwayo bagcina begcwele izindawo zokulahla imfucumfucu unyaka ngamunye. Ingqikithi ingase ikhule njengoba isibalo sokuxhumana kwansuku zonke nomuntu osigqokile sikhula, basho.
“Izinto ezincane ziyahlangana ngonyaka.Uma unamalensi nsuku zonke, ubhekene namapheya angu-365,” kusho uWendy Sherman, umphathi we-akhawunti omkhulu weTerraCycle.I-TerraCycle iphinde isebenze nezinye izinkampani zezimpahla zabathengi, abathengisi namadolobha, Ukusebenzela ukugaywa kabusha.
"Amalensi okuxhumana ayingxenye ebaluleke kakhulu kubantu abaningi, futhi lapho iba yinjwayelo, uvame ukukhohlwa umthelela onawo endaweni ezungezile."
Lolu hlelo lwethulwa eminyakeni emibili edlule, luqoqe amalensi okuxhumana ayizigidi ezingu-1 kanye nokupakishwa kwawo.
UHoson Kablawi useneminyaka engaphezu kweyishumi egqoke ama-contact lens nsuku zonke. Wamangala lapho esizwa ukuthi angase agaywe kabusha. Uvame ukuwalahla emqubeni.
“Okuthintana naye akayi ndawo.Akuwona wonke umuntu ofuna ukuba neLasik, futhi akuwona wonke umuntu ofuna ukufaka izibuko, ikakhulukazi imaskhi, ”kusho yena.
“Kule ndawo [yokulahla imfucumfucu] yilapho kukhiqizwa khona i-methane eningi, esebenza kahle kakhulu kune-carbon dioxide, ngakho ngokususa izici ezithile zemfucuza, unganciphisa umthelela engaba nawo.”
Amalensi ngokwawo - kanye nama-blister pack awo, ama-foil namabhokisi - angasetshenziswa kabusha.
Bathe uKablawi noMerpaw, kanye namadodakazi akhe, nabo bagqoka ama-contact lens futhi manje sebezoqala ukuwaqoqa esitsheni ngaphambi kokuwanikeza udokotela wamehlo wendawo.
Bausch Futhi Lomb Oxhumana nabo
“Indawo yethu.Yilapho sihlala khona futhi kufanele sikunakekele, futhi uma kungesinye isinyathelo esisendleleni efanele yokwenza umhlaba wethu ube nempilo, ngizimisele ukukwenza,” kwengeza uMerpaw.
Ulwazi ngemitholampilo yamehlo ebamba iqhaza kulo lonke elase-Canada lungatholakala kuwebhusayithi ye-TerraCycle
Okuhamba phambili kwe-CBC wukwakha iwebhusayithi efinyeleleka kubo bonke abantu baseCanada, okuhlanganisa nalabo abanokukhubazeka okubonakalayo, kokuzwayo, kwezimoto nokwengqondo.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: May-26-2022
