Ngelixa ii-brand zobuhle ezinkulu zizibophelele ekuhlangabezaneni nenkunkuma yokupakisha, inkqubela isacotha ngokumangalisayo nge-151bn yeengceba zobuhle eziveliswa minyaka le. Nasi isizathu sokuba umcimbi untsokothe ​​ngakumbi kunokuba unokucinga, kwaye singayisombulula njani ingxaki.

Upakishe kangakanani kwikhabhathi yakho yokuhlambela? Mhlawumbi kuninzi kakhulu, ngokuqwalasela i-151bn emangalisa iziqwenga zokupakisha - uninzi lwazo zeplastiki - ziveliswa lishishini lobuhle minyaka le, ngokutsho komhlalutyi wophando lwentengiso i-Euromonitor. Ngelishwa, uninzi lwaloo phakheji isenzima kakhulu ukuyirisayikilisha, okanye ayinakuphinda isetyenziswe kwakhona.

“Izinto ezininzi ezipakishwayo zobuhle azenzelwanga nyani ukuba zidlule kwinkqubo yokurisayikilisha,” uSara Wingstrand, umphathi wenkqubo ye-Ellen MacArthur Foundation's New Plastics Economy initiative, uxelela uVogue. "Ezinye iipakethe zenziwe ngezinto ezingenawo nomjelo wokurisayikilisha, ke ziya kuya kwindawo yokulahla inkunkuma."

Iimpawu eziphambili zobuhle ngoku zenze izibophelelo zokujongana nengxaki yeplastiki yeshishini.

I-L'Oréal ithembise ukwenza i-100 lepesenti yokupakishwa kwayo iphinde isetyenziswe okanye isekelwe kwi-bio-based ngo-2030. I-Unilever, i-Coty kunye ne-Beiersdorf zibophelele ekuqinisekiseni ukuba ukupakishwa kweplastiki kuyahlaziywa, kusetyenziswe kwakhona, kusetyenziswe kwakhona, okanye kufakwe i-compost ngo-2025. Okwangoku, i-Eleuderée hastée izibophelele ekuqinisekiseni ubuncinci i-75 yepesenti yokupakishwa kwayo inokuphinda isetyenziswe, iyafakelwa, iphinde isetyenziswe, iyarisayikilisheka okanye iyabuyiswa ekupheleni kuka-2025.

Nangona kunjalo, inkqubela isavakala icotha, ngakumbi njengoko i-8.3bn yeetoni zeplastiki esenziwe ngepetroleum iye yaveliswa iyonke ukuza kuthi ga ngoku - i-60 pesenti yayo iphelela kwindawo yokulahla inkunkuma okanye kwindawo yendalo. "Ukuba ngenene sinyuse inqanaba lamabhongo ekupheliseni, ukuphinda sisebenzise kwaye siphinde sisetyenziswe [kwipakethe yobuhle], singenza inkqubela yokwenyani kwaye siphucule kakhulu ikamva esijonge kulo," utshilo uWingstrand.

Imingeni yokurisayikilishwa
Okwangoku, kuphela i-14 lepesenti yazo zonke iipakethe zeplastiki eziqokelelwa ukuze ziphinde zisetyenziswe kwihlabathi jikelele - kwaye yi-5 ekhulwini kuphela yaloo nto iphinda isetyenziswe, ngenxa yelahleko ngexesha lokuhlelwa kunye nenkqubo yokubuyisela kwakhona. Ukupakishwa kobuhle kuhlala kuza nemingeni eyongezelelweyo. "Ubuninzi bokupakisha ngumxube weentlobo ezahlukeneyo zezinto ezenza kube nzima ukuphinda zisetyenziswe," u-Wingstrand uyachaza, kunye neepompo - ngokuqhelekileyo zenziwe ngomxube weplastiki kunye ne-aluminium spring - ibe ngumzekelo obalaseleyo. "Ezinye iipakethe zincinci kakhulu ukuba zingakhutshwa kwinkqubo yokurisayikilisha."

Ingqonyela yeREN Clean Skincare u-Arnaud Meysselle uthi akukho sisombululo silula kwiinkampani zobuhle, ngakumbi njengoko izixhobo zokuphinda zisetyenziswe zahluka kakhulu kwihlabathi jikelele. Ngelishwa, nokuba unokuphinda usetyenziswe ngokupheleleyo, okona kulungileyo [unethuba] elingama-50 ekhulwini lokuba isetyenziswe kwakhona,” utshilo ngomnxeba weZoom eLondon. Yiyo loo nto ibhrendi ilususile ugxininiso lwayo ekusetyenzisweni kwakhona nasekusebenziseni iplastiki esetyenzisiweyo ukupakishwa kwayo, “kuba ubuncinci awuzenzi iplastiki entsha enyulu.”

Nangona kunjalo, i-REN ecocekileyo ye-Skincare ibe yinto yokuqala yobuhle ukusebenzisa iteknoloji entsha ye-Infinity Recycling kwimveliso yeqhawe, i-Evercalm Global Protection Day Cream, oku kuthetha ukuba ukupakishwa kunokuphinda kusetyenziswe ngokuphindaphindiweyo ngokusebenzisa ukushisa kunye noxinzelelo. “Yiplastiki, ehlaziywe ngeepesenti ezingama-95, eneenkcukacha ezifanayo kunye neempawu zeplastiki entsha enyulu,” uyacacisa uMeysselle. Kwaye ngaphezu koko, inokuphinda isetyenziswe ngokungenasiphelo. Okwangoku, iiplastiki ezininzi zinokuphinda zisetyenziswe kube kanye okanye kabini.

Ewe kunjalo, iitekhnoloji ezifana ne-Infinity Recycling zisaxhomekeke kwipakethe ukuba iphelele kwindawo efanelekileyo ukuze iphinde isetyenziswe. Iimveliso ezifana noKiehl's bathathele ezandleni zabo ingqokelela ngokusetyenziswa kwezicwangciso zokuphinda zisetyenziswe evenkileni. “Enkosi kubathengi bethu, siye sarisayikilisha ngaphezulu kweemveliso eziyi-11.2m kwihlabathi liphela ukusukela ngo-2009, kwaye sizimisele ukurisayikilisha i-11m ngaphezulu ngo-2025,” utshilo umongameli wehlabathi we-Kiehl uLeonardo Chavez, nge-imeyile evela eNew York.

Ukutshintsha kwendlela yokuphila elula, enje ngokuba nomgqomo wokurisayikilisha kwigumbi lakho lokuhlambela, kunokunceda nako. "Ngokuqhelekileyo abantu banomgqomo omnye kwigumbi lokuhlambela bafaka yonke into," u-Meysselle uphawula. "Ukuzama [ukufumana abantu] ukuba baphinde basebenzise kwakhona kwigumbi lokuhlambela kubalulekile kuthi."

Ukuya kwikamva elingenankunkuma

Ukuya kwikamva elingenankunkuma
Ukuthathela ingqalelo imiceli mngeni yokuphinda isetyenziswe, kubalulekile ukuba ingabonwa njengenye nesisombululo kwingxaki yenkunkuma yeshishini lobuhle. Oku kusebenza kwezinye izinto ezifana neglasi kunye nealuminium, kunye neplastiki. “Akufuneki sixhomekeke ekuphindeni siphinde sisebenzise indlela yethu yokuphuma [kulo mba],” utshilo uWingstrand.

Nditsho neeplastiki ezisekwe kwibhayoloji, ezenziwe ngezinto ezithandwa ngummoba kunye nesitatshi sombona, aziyondlela ilula yokulungisa, nangona zisoloko zichazwa njengezinto ezinokubola. “I-'Biodegradable' ayinayo inkcazo eqhelekileyo; kuthetha nje ukuba ngaxa lithile, phantsi kweemeko ezithile, ukupakishwa kwakho [kuya kuphuka],” utshilo uWingstrand. “'Icompostable' ichaza iimeko, kodwa iiplastiki ezivundisiweyo aziyi kuthotywa kuzo zonke iindawo, ngoko zinokuhlala ixesha elide. Kufuneka sicinge ngenkqubo yonke.”

Konke oku kuthetha ukuba ukuphelisa ukupakishwa apho kunokwenzeka - okunciphisa imfuno yokuphinda kusetyenziswe kunye nokwenza umgquba kwindawo yokuqala - yinxalenye ephambili yepuzzle. “Ukuthabatha nje iplastiki esongela ibhokisi yesiqholo ngumzekelo omhle; yingxaki ongasoze uyidale ukuba uyayisusa,” uyacacisa uWingstrand.

Ukuphinda usebenzise ukupakisha sesinye isisombululo, esinokuzaliswa kwakhona - apho ugcina ukupakishwa kwangaphandle, kwaye uthenge imveliso engena ngaphakathi xa uphelile - ichazwa ngokubanzi njengekamva lokupakishwa kobuhle. “Lilonke, silibonile ishishini lethu liqala ukwamkela umbono wokuzaliswa kwemveliso, okubandakanya ukupakishwa okuncinci kakhulu,” utshilo uChavez. "Olu lugxininiso olukhulu kuthi."

Lucelomngeni? Ukuzaliswa kwakhona okuninzi ngoku kuza kwiingxowa, zona ngokwazo azinakuphinda zisetyenziswe. “Kuya kufuneka uqiniseke ukuba ekudaleni isisombululo esinokuzaliswa kwakhona, awuzenzi ukuphinda kuphinde kusetyenziswe okungaphantsi kunopakethe wokuqala,” utshilo uWingstrand. "Ke imalunga nokuyila yonke into ngendlela yonke."

Okucacileyo kukuba akusayi kubakho bullet enye yesilivere ewusombululayo lo mba. Ngethamsanqa nangona kunjalo, thina njengabathengi sinokunceda ukuqhuba utshintsho ngokufuna ukupakishwa ngakumbi kwe-eco-friendly, njengoko oko kuya kunyanzela iinkampani ezininzi ukuba zityale imali kwizisombululo ezintsha. “Impendulo yabathengi iyamangalisa; besikhula njengesiqalo ukusukela oko sathi sasungula iinkqubo zethu zozinzo,” utshilo u-Meysselle, esongeza ukuba zonke iibrendi kufuneka zingene ukuze kuphunyezwe ikamva elingenankunkuma. “Asinakuphumelela ngokwethu; imalunga nokuphumelela kunye.”