Abavelisi beFayibha basabela kuTshintsho

Ngelixa abanye betshintshela kwindalo, abanye bagxile kwiindlela zokwenza iintsinga zokwenziwa zibe luhlaza.
 Utshintsho kwincasa yabathengi, amaxabiso aphambeneyo wezinto ezikrwada kwaye, mhlawumbi okona kubaluleke kakhulu, imimiselo karhulumente, itshintsha ngokukhawuleza ikhonkco lonikezelo lweemveliso ezininzi ezingalukwanga. Iinkampani zinciphisa ukuthembela kwazo kwiintsinga zeplastiki zemveli kwaye zijonge kwiiplastiki ezisekwe kwibhayoloji nakwimicu yendalo.
Nangona akusayi kuze kubekho ukutshintshwa okupheleleyo kweeplastiki zemveli kwizicelo ezininzi-mhlawumbi ngokwemiqathango yetoni okanye ukusebenza-ezi nguqu ngokuqinisekileyo zitshintsha inkangeleko yococeko olulahlwayo kwaye zosule iimarike zehlabathi kunye neempawu ezininzi ezigxile kumabali asekelwe kwindalo.
Abavelisi bemicu yendalo kunye neyokwenziwa basabela kolu tshintsho ngophuhliso lweemveliso ezintsha, iinkqubo eziphuculweyo zokuvelisa kunye nokusebenzisana neenkampani ze-bio-centric ukufumana iindlela zokwenza iprofayili eluhlaza kuwo wonke amashishini abo.
“Uzinzo lubaluleke kakhulu njengoko ifayibha ehlaziyiweyo/eyenziwe ngokutsha yinto esiyenzayo. Kukwakho nentetho ethe kratya malunga noqoqosho olusetyhula kunye nemfuno eyongeziweyo yeenkqubo ezizinzileyo kunye neemveliso kwindawo yentengiso,” utshilo uBryan Tickle, umphathi weakhawunti ephambili yeLeigh Fibers. “Oku kubangele ukuba sicinge ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo esinokusebenzisa ngazo zonke izakhono zethu eLeigh ukwenza iimveliso ezintsha ukuze zilingane nehlabathi eliluhlaza. Sinabathengi abaninzi ngakumbi ababuza malunga nokuthatha inkunkuma yabo, ukwenza imveliso yefayibha ukusuka kuloo nkunkuma, kunye nokubuyisela olo fayibha kubo ngebhali okanye uhlobo lwephedi ukuze balusebenzise kwimveliso yabo yokugqibela. Iinkqubo zeeSetyhula.”
Mhlawumbi eyona mpembelelo inkulu kwi-nonwovens kunye noyilo lwemveliso engalukwanga yi-European Union's Single Use Plastics Directive, eqale ukusebenza ngoJulayi 2021. Lo mthetho, kunye namanyathelo afanayo azayo e-U.S., Canada nakwamanye amazwe, ubeke uxinzelelo kubenzi. zokusula kunye neemveliso zococeko lobufazi, ezikuluhlu lokuqala lweemveliso eziphantsi kwemimiselo kunye neemfuno zokuleyibheli. Impendulo ixhaphakile kwaye ezinye iinkampani sele zifungele ukuphelisa iiplastiki kwiimveliso zazo.
Ngelixa i-VEOCEL yenkampani i-biodegradable fibers yenkampani, ayiweli phantsi koMyalelo wePlastiki yoSetyenziso olulodwa lwe-EU kwaye ayijongwa njengeeplastiki, inkampani iyaqhubeka nokugxila ekuzinzeni ngakumbi ngeeprojekthi zotyalo-mali zakutsha nje eBrazil naseThailand (€ 1.2) ibhiliyoni) kunye notyalo-mali kwiindawo zayo ezikhoyo zase-Asiya e-China nase-Indonesia ezifikelela kwi-200 yezigidi zeerandi, apho ugxininiso oluphambili kukungathathi hlangothi kwemozulu yeqela. Ngo-2019, i-Lenzing yaba ngumvelisi wokuqala wefayibha ukubeka injongo yokunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni nge-50% ngo-2030 kwaye ibe yi-net-zero ngo-2050. Le njongo yokunciphisa i-carbon iqinisekisiwe kwaye ivunyiwe yi-Science Based Targets Initiative.
Ukongeza, intsebenziswano kunye nomvelisi wepulp waseSweden uSödra iphawula elinye inqanaba elibalulekileyo kwiinzame zeLenzing zokufezekisa iinjongo zayo zemozulu kunye nozinzo. Ezi nkokeli zimbini zentengiso yehlabathi, ebeziqhubela phambili ukukhuthaza uqoqosho olujikelezayo kushishino lwefashoni iminyaka emininzi, zidibanisa amandla ukunika lo mba unyuso olungaphaya kunye nokwenza igalelo eliqinisekileyo ekusombululeni ingxaki yenkunkuma yamalaphu yehlabathi. Ukwandiswa kwamakhono okubuyisela i-pulp kumalaphu enkunkuma nako kucetyiwe. Injongo kukukwazi ukuphinda kusetyenziswe iitoni ezingama-25,000 zamalaphu asetyenzisiweyo ngonyaka ngo-2025.
Uzinzo ayisiyonto ibaluleke kakhulu kwisicwangciso eLenzing kuphela, kodwa ikwangumgaqo osisikhokelo wokwenziwa kwezinto ezintsha kunye nophuhliso lwemveliso. I-Lenzing iqhubekile nokwandisa imveliso yayo kumacandelo e-textile kunye ne-nonwovens ngo-2021. Ikota yesithathu yabona umboniso wokuqala we-TENCEL lyocell fibers eyenziwe ngamaplanga kunye ne-orenji-based fiber pulp. Ukuphuculwa kwamaxolo e-orenji njengenxalenye yenyathelo loHlelo lweTencel Limited limele elinye inyathelo eliyimpumelelo likaLenzing lokuphuhlisa izisombululo ezitsha ezivaliweyo kunye namaqabane ecaleni kwekhonkco lexabiso. Ukwaziswa kweefibers zokuqala ze-carbon-neutral kwimarike ye-nonwovens yehlabathi phantsi kwe-brand ye-VEOCEL iquka enye imveliso entsha evela kunyaka wokunika ingxelo ebonisa indlela ye-Lenzing ye-ambitious ekukhuselweni kwemozulu.
“Imveliso enoxanduva ihambe indlela ende kodwa kusoloko kukho abadlali abangalunganga phaya. Iqhinga kukuba kufuneka sigxile koko kulungileyo kwimpilo yabantu ixesha elide,” utshilo uCarlyle, esongeza zombini iintsinga ezisekwe kwisityalo kunye nepetroleum kufuneka ziqhubeke nendima kwishishini le-nonwovens.
"Ngokwembono kaLenzing, iplastiki yinto efunekayo eluhlaza. Iyafuneka kodwa kufuneka sifunde indlela yokuyilahla ngokufanelekileyo, ”wongezelela. "Sihlala sijonga iimveliso ezomeleleyo ngokwahlukileyo kunokuba usenza iimveliso ezilahlwayo kodwa kufuneka sifunde indlela yokujonga ifuthe lazo zonke ezi mveliso."
Ukuqaphela ukuba isicwangciso sokukhula seLenzing sigxile kwiLyocell ngenxa yokuba i-fiber ezinzileyo kunye nenkqubo, uCarlyle ukhomba utyalo-mali lwenkampani yakutshanje eThailand, ekwazi ukwenza iitoni ze-100,000 ze-lyocell fibers ukuhlangabezana nemfuno yale mveliso.
I-Lenzing iya kuqhubeka nokwandisa amandla ayo okuvelisa i-lyocell fibers ngokuhambelana nesicwangciso sayo se-sCore TEN, esijolise ekuveliseni i-75% yengeniso yefiber evela kwi-eco-responsible specialty fibers efana ne-TENCEL, i-Lenzing Ecovero kunye ne-VEOCEL fibers ngo-2024. Indawo yaseThailand inikeza isithuba semigca yemveliso emininzi eyongezelelweyo. Utyalo-mali kwisigaba sokuqala sele siquka iziseko zophuhliso jikelele eziya kuxhamlisa ukwandiswa kwexesha elizayo. Nangona kunjalo, iLenzing iya kuqhubeka nokukhangela amathuba okwandisa imveliso ye-lyocell kwezinye iindawo zehlabathi.
Ngokutsho kukaRahul Bansal, intloko yophuhliso lwezoshishino lwehlabathi jikelele, i-nonwovens, kwi-Birla Cellulose, iindleko kunye nokusebenza zithathelwe indawo yindibaniselwano yokuzinza, ukusebenza kunye neendleko njengabaqhubi abaphambili bokukhethwa kwefiber. “Ngoku, ukukhethwa kwezinto ezikrwada kuxhomekeke ekuzinzeni kwendalo,” utshilo. “Xa ndisithi zizinzileyo, oko kuthetha ukuba ukufunwa kwemathiriyeli ekrwada, ukuveliswa, imveliso kunye nokuphela kwesigaba sobomi akuyonzakalisi okanye kuthomalalise indawo esingqongileyo, kwaye oku kulandelwa yeyona ndlela ibalulekileyo yokufaneleka kwemathiriyeli ekrwada kubuchwephesha bangoku obungalukwanga.
 

Umqhaphu uyaqhubeka
Igama lomqhaphu lizimele ngokwalo-abathengi bayayazi kwaye bayayithanda inkangeleko kunye nokuziva komqhaphu, nangona kunjalo ezinye iintsinga zokwenziwa zenze umsebenzi olungileyo wokuphindaphinda le mbonakalo kunye nokuziva, abanye abathengi baye bacinga ukuba indima yayo kwizinto ezilahlayo yayinkulu kunenyani. Oku kutshintshile kwiminyaka yakutshanje ngenxa yemizamo yokufundisa abathengi, ekhokelwa yiCotton Incorporated, ulwazi oluninzi lwabathengi ngokubanzi kunye neenzame zomthetho eziye zafuna ukuphuculwa kokubhaliweyo.
Ayisiyiyo kuphela ikotoni enika izibonelelo zokuzinza, ikhuselekile kwaye isempilweni eluswini kwaye i-hypoallergenic ngokwemvelo. Oku kubaluleke ngakumbi kubantu abanolusu olubuthathaka kunye neemveliso ezenzelwe ukusetyenziswa kwiindawo zomzimba apho ulusu luthanda ukuba buthathaka njengamadiaper osana, ucoceko lobufazi kunye neemveliso zokhathalelo lwabantu abadala.
Kwicala labathengi, ukusetyenziswa komqhaphu kwizinto zosula kuye kwakhula kwiminyaka yakutshanje ngenxa yophuculo lomgca kunye notyalo-mali lwabavelisi be-nonwovens abakhonza le marike. Umqhaphu waqala waqwalaselwa kuphela njengelungu elifunxayo lokusulwa komntwana, kodwa iimveliso ze-hydrophobic, njenge-Wildwood Cotton Technologies’ TruCotton, ngoku zingasetyenziswa njengokutshintsha i-polyester okanye i-polypropylene kwezinye izicelo.
Okwangoku, ekucoceni, inzala ye-cotton-containing topsheets echukumisa ulusu lomsebenzisi iqhume. Olu phuhliso lwaqala ukubonwa kwizicelo zokucoceka kwabasetyhini kodwa ngoku zanda kwiimveliso ze-diaper.
Kwinkomfa yeemveliso zabathengi be-Hygienix kunyaka ophelileyo, u-Kudos, umqalisi we-diaper, wafumana ibhaso lokusungula i-diapers yayo ene-100% yomqhaphu ophefumlayo ochukumisa ulusu lomntwana. Ayisiyiyo kuphela le mveliso inamandla okubeka ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni encinci kunayo nayiphi na enye inkampani yediaper elahlayo, ikwayinombolo enye yezinto ezicetyiswa ngugqirha kwabo banerhashalala okanye i-eczema kwaye iKudos inophawu lwendalo lwecotton ukuze lufakwe kwi-100% umqhaphu endaweni yeplastiki. I-Kudos diapers nayo iqinisekisiwe kumgangatho ongqongqo wokhuseleko, i-OEKO-TEX Standard 100.
“Silapha namhlanje kuba abazali bayayikhathalela into ekwiinabukeni zomntwana wabo,” utshilo umseki kunye ne-CEO uAmrita Saigal. “Bakwakhathalele ifuthe lemekobume yeemveliso abazithengayo.
“Uphando lubonisa ukuba iidiaper ezikwiindawo zokulahla inkunkuma zithatha iminyaka engama-500 ukuwohloka, zidale i-methane nezinye iigesi eziyityhefu, zisebenzisa imichiza eguquguqukayo ethi iphelele kwi-ecosystem. Imithi engama-200,000 iyalahleka nyaka ngamnye ukwenza iidiapers ezilahlwayo kwiintsana zaseU.S. kuphela. Ukuba zonke i-diapers zenziwe ngendlela ye-Kudos, i-500 yezigidi zeepounds zeplastiki ziya kutshintshwa ngococeko olucocekileyo, olungaxutywanga, lwekotoni yendalo. I-2 yeebhiliyoni zeeponti zezinto ezifunyenwe ngamathambo enziwe nge-diaper ziya kuthathwa kwizinto ezinokuhlaziywa nyaka ngamnye. ”
Ukongeza kokuthamba kunye nokuziva kolusu, ukusetyenziswa komqhaphu kuyakhula njengoko izigunyaziso zikarhulumente zinciphisa ukusetyenziswa kweempahla zeplastiki kwimpahla esetyenziswayo enye, efuna abavelisi bathathele ingqalelo izixhobo ezitsha kwiimveliso ezinjengezosuli ezilahlayo kunye neemveliso zococeko.
Njengoko ukucaca kwesithako kuya kuba kubaluleke ngakumbi, ngakumbi kubathengi ababhinqileyo, ukusetyenziswa komqhaphu kuye kwabonakala ngakumbi kwiindawo zococeko. Ikhokelwe ziinkampani zococeko zabasetyhini, lo mkhwa uqhubela phambili kwiibrendi ezinkulu ezifana ne-Procter & Gamble's Always Pure brand equlethe ipesenti yesithako somqhaphu.
Abalimi bomqhaphu nabo basebenzela ukwandisa izivuno kunye nokuphucula iprofayili yozinzo lwemicu. Kwiminyaka engama-20 edlulileyo, abalimi bomqhaphu basebenzele ukwenza okungakumbi ngokuncinci. Baye banyusa izivuno ngaphandle kokunyusa ukusetyenziswa kwamanzi kwaye umqhaphu kwihlabathi jikelele usebenzisa nje i-3% yawo onke amanzi asetyenziswa kwezolimo.