(Bloomberg) - Ua ʻike ka poʻe kaiapuni i kahi hoʻoweliweli ʻē aʻe i ka honua.Kapa ʻia he nurdle.

ʻO Nurdles nā pellets liʻiliʻi o ka resin plastik ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o kahi holoi penikala i hoʻololi ʻia e nā mea hana i loko o ka ʻeke, nā ʻōpala plastik, nā hue wai a me nā pahuhopu maʻamau o ka hana kaiapuni.

Akā, he pilikia nō hoʻi nā nurds iā lākou iho.Ua nalowale nā ​​piliona o lākou mai ka hana ʻana a me nā kaulahao hoʻolako i kēlā me kēia makahiki, e kahe ana a holoi ʻia paha i nā ala wai.Ua manaʻo ʻia kahi kūkākūkā kaiapuni o UK i ka makahiki i hala ʻo preproduction plastic pellets ka lua o ka kumu nui loa o ka micro-plastic pollution i loko o ka wai, ma hope o nā micro-fragments mai nā kaʻa kaʻa.

I kēia manawa, ua waiho ʻia nā ʻōlelo hoʻoholo me Chevron Corp., DowDupont Inc., Exxon Mobil Corp. a me Phillips 66 ka hui kākoʻo kuleana kuleana iā lākou e hōʻike i ka nui o nā nurdles i pakele i kā lākou hana hana i kēlā me kēia makahiki, a pehea ka maikaʻi o kā lākou hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka pilikia. .

Ma ke ʻano he hōʻoia, ʻōlelo ka hui i nā manaʻo o nā kumukūʻai kālā kiʻekiʻe a me ke kaiapuni e pili ana i ka pollution plastic, a me nā hoʻoikaika honua hou e hoʻoponopono ai.Hoʻopili kēia i kahi hālāwai kūkā o United Nations ma Nairobi a me kahi kānāwai US e pāpā ana i nā micro-plastic i hoʻohana ʻia i nā mea hoʻonaninani.

"Ua loaʻa iā mākou ka ʻike i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala aku nei mai ka ʻoihana plastics, ke hana koʻikoʻi nei lākou i kēia," wahi a Conrad MacKerron, ka pelekikena kiʻekiʻe o As You Sow.Ua ʻōlelo nā hui ua hoʻonohonoho lākou i nā pahuhopu e hana hou i nā plastics, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.“ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o kēia manawa bellwether, no ka mea he koʻikoʻi lākou ... inā makemake lākou e puka i waho, warts a me nā mea āpau, a ʻōlelo 'eia ke kūlana.Eia nā ʻōpala i waho.Eia kā mākou e hana nei no lākou.'”

Ua komo nā hui i ka Operation Clean Sweep, kahi hana i kākoʻo ʻia e ka ʻoihana e mālama i nā plastics mai ke kai.Ma ke ʻano he hana i kapa ʻia ʻo OCS Blue, noi ʻia nā lālā e kaʻana huna i ka ʻikepili me ka hui kālepa e pili ana i ka nui o nā pellet resin i hoʻouna ʻia a loaʻa paha, kahe, hoʻihoʻi ʻia a hana hou ʻia, me nā hoʻoikaika ʻana e hoʻopau i ka leakage.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jacob Barron, he waha ʻōlelo no ka Plastic Industry Association (PIA), kahi lobby ʻoihana, "ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka ʻōlelo e pili ana i ka hūnā e hoʻopau i nā hopohopo hoʻokūkū e hiki ke pale i kahi hui mai ka hōʻike ʻana i kēia ʻike."ʻO ka American Chemistry Council, kekahi hui lobbying, kākoʻo pū me OCS me ka PIA.I Mei, ua hoʻolaha ʻo ia i nā pahuhopu holoʻokoʻa o ka ʻoihana no ka wā lōʻihi e hoʻihoʻi a hoʻihoʻi hou i ka ʻeke plastik, a no nā mea hana a pau o US e hui pū me OCS Blue e 2020.

Aia ka ʻike liʻiliʻi e pili ana i ka nui o kēia ʻano pollution plastic e nā hui US, a ua hakakā nā mea noiʻi honua e hana i kahi loiloi pololei.Ua manaʻo ʻia kahi noiʻi 2018 he 3 miliona a 36 miliona mau pellets e pakele i kēlā me kēia makahiki mai hoʻokahi wahi ʻoihana liʻiliʻi ma Suedena, a inā e noʻonoʻo ʻia nā mea liʻiliʻi, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka nui i hoʻokuʻu ʻia.

Ke hōʻike nei ka noiʻi hou i ka nui o nā pellet plastic

ʻO Eunomia, ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kaiapuni Pelekania i ʻike i nā nurdles ʻo ia ka lua o ka nui o ka lua o ka pollution micro-plastic, i manaʻo ʻia i ka makahiki 2016 e nalowale ana ʻo UK ma waena o 5.3 biliona a 53 biliona pellets i loko o ke kaiapuni i kēlā me kēia makahiki.

Ke hōʻike nei ka noiʻi hou i ka nui o nā pellet plastik, mai ka ʻōpū o nā iʻa i hopu ʻia ma ka Pākīpika Hema, a hiki i nā ʻāpana hoʻoheheʻe o nā albatross pōkole ma ka ʻākau a ma nā kahakai o ke Kaiwaenahonua.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Braden Reddall, he waha ʻōlelo no Chevron, ua loiloi ka papa ʻaina fossil i nā manaʻo o nā mea kuleana a hāʻawi i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no kēlā me kēia ma kāna ʻōlelo koho, i hoʻolālā ʻia no ʻApelila 9. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Rachelle Schikorra, he waha ʻōlelo no Dow, e kamaʻilio mau ana ka hui me nā mea kuleana e pili ana i ka hoʻomau a hana e "hoʻomohala i nā hāʻina e mālama i ka plastic mai ko mākou kaiapuni."

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Joe Gannon, he waha ʻōlelo no Phillips 66, "ua loaʻa i kāna ʻoihana ka manaʻo o ka mea kuleana a ua hāʻawi ʻo ia e hui pū me ka mea hoʻolaha."Ua hōʻole ʻo ExxonMobil i ka ʻōlelo.

E hoʻoholo nā hui i nā mahina e hiki mai ana inā e hoʻokomo i nā ʻōlelo hoʻoholo i nā ʻōlelo proxy o kēia makahiki, e like me ka As You Sow.