"E ka mea ʻike, e ʻoluʻolu e kākau mai iaʻu, e hauʻoli loa wau." ʻO kēia ka laina i kākau ʻia e kahi kanaka ʻōpio Pelekania ma kahi pepa āna i hōʻike ai i loko o kahi hue a hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka hopena o 90s. ʻO kahi huakaʻi, a i ʻole he auwana paha, e hana ana i nā kilomika o ka plastic pohō a he 500 miliona mau makahiki wale nō ka lōʻihi, ʻo ia kahi e pono ai ka manawa e pōʻino ai a haumia. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua manaʻo ʻia ua ʻoi aku ma mua o 5 biliona mau ʻāpana plastik i pau i ke kai i nā makahiki i hala. "Aia nā kini, nā'ōmole, nā'āpana'āpana," wahi a Nacho Dean, he kanaka kūlohelohe a me ka meaʻimi. I ka mahina o Kepakemapa i hala, ua loaʻa kēia kanaka ʻōpio mai Malaga i kahi kaʻa kaʻa ma Hendaye (Palani) e hahai i ke ala o ka plastic ma nā kahakai Sepania. ʻO kahi huakaʻi o nā mile o nā kilomika ma nā loko iʻa hope, ka Bay of Biscay a me ke Kaiwaenahonua, a me kahi moana, ka Atlantika, e hōʻoia i ke kūlana o nā hihia 8.000 mau kilomita o ke kahakai: "ʻino," ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "E like me ka ʻōlelo a ka United Nations, inā e hoʻomau mākou e like me kēia ma 2050 e ʻoi aku ka nui o ka plastic ma mua o ka iʻa o ke kai," wahi a Dean. Ma hope o ka huakaʻi ʻana i ka hapalua o ka honua me ka wāwae a me ka ʻauʻau ʻana i nā wai ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, ua hoʻokumu kēia mea hoʻokalakupua iā ia iho i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i ke kūlana olakino o nā kahakai Sepania a me Pukiki. "I nā huakaʻi ma mua, ua ʻike au i ka nui o nā ʻōpala a me nā ʻōpala kai e loaʻa ana ma nā kahakai a pau," wahi āna. "Ua hoʻoholo wau e hana wau i kekahi mea a pono wau e hana i loko o kā mākou kaiaola kai," wahi āna. ʻO kēia keʻano i hānauʻia aiʻo "La Expedición Azul", i kēia manawa, kū i ka Canary Islands i kona kūlanaʻekolu ma mua o ke kūʻana i ke kahakai Levantine. "I kēia manawa, loaʻa iā mākou nā ʻikepili mai ke kahakai ʻo Cantabrian a me ka Atlantika, akā ua hiki wawe ke huki i nā hopena ʻepekema," i hoʻopaʻapaʻa ai ʻo Dean. ʻIke ʻia a ʻike ʻole ʻia E like me ka ʻikepili mai nā NGO like ʻole, lawe ʻo Sepania i kahi 120 tons o ka ʻōpala i loko o ke kai i kēlā me kēia lā, e hoʻohaumia ana ma mua o hoʻokahi miliona mau kilomika square o ka ʻili kai Sepania. "Loaʻa ka plastic i ka hapa nui o ka ʻōpala ma nā wahi āpau o ka Iberian Peninsula," wahi a kekahi mau hōʻike mai ka papahana Libera. "Ua wehe mākou i ʻoi aku ma mua o 40 kilos o ka ʻōpala i hoʻokahi hola mai kahi kahakai," wahi a Dean. Aia ma waena o nā koena he mau pahu, ʻōmole a i ʻole nā kini, "ʻoiai ke hilinaʻi nui nei ia ma kahi a mākou e noho nei," i hōʻike ʻia e ka mea mākaʻikaʻi mai Malaga. "Ma ke Kai o Biscay ua hōʻiliʻili mākou i nā mea lawaiʻa he nui," wahi āna. "Ma kēia mau wahi, loaʻa mai kahi pākēneka kiʻekiʻe o ka haumia kai mai ka lawaiʻa ʻana." , he haumia i loaʻa ke kumukūʻai kaiapuni a me ka waiwai. E like me ka hōʻike ʻana e ka Dutch Foundation Changing Markets, ʻo ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ka ʻōpala palaka ma kahakai Sepania e kūʻai ana i 700 miliona euros i kēlā me kēia makahiki i nā arcades lehulehu. Hoʻopau ka palapala like i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma waena o 13.000 a me 80.000 euros i kēlā me kēia kilomita o ke kahakai e hoʻolilo ʻia i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe. ʻO nā ipu inu wale nō e hōʻike ana ma waena o 285 miliona a me 500 miliona euros i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Hoʻākoakoa ʻo Dean's 'Blue Expedition' i nā mea manawaleʻa, kokoke i 200 i nā kelepona hope loa, ma nā kahakai Sepania. "ʻAʻole mākou makemake e pani i ka hana a nā kaona, ʻo ka mea a mākou e hana ai e hoʻomaopopo i ka poʻe i kēia pilikia ma o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana," wahi āna. "ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo nā kahakai maʻemaʻe kā mākou pahuhopu, akā ʻo kā mākou makemake e hoʻokaʻawale a ʻike i nā hiʻohiʻona nā mea i ʻike nui ʻia." ʻO nā laʻana i hala wale nō 60 a i ʻole 90 mau minuke a "e lawelawe ana e ʻike wale i ka piko o ka hau hau o ka pilikia." I loko o kēlā hola liʻiliʻi a i ʻole hola a me ka hapa, ʻo nā mea manawaleʻa o ka papahana "ʻaʻole ʻeli a ʻeli ʻole i nā lua i nā kahakai", wahi a Dean, "ʻohi wale lākou i nā mea i loko o ke one", ʻo ia kāna i kuhikuhi ai. Ua ʻae kēia iā lākou e hōʻiliʻili i nā kilo o ka plastik a me "kekahi mau wahi mai nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua." Hoʻoneʻe ʻia e nā au ʻO nā laʻana mua i lawe ʻia e Dean a me kāna mau hoa hana i kākoʻo ʻia e nā haʻawina ʻē aʻe, "96% o nā poʻe Spaniards manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo nā kahakai a me ke kai ke ʻano haumia loa o ko mākou ʻāina", e hōʻike ana i ka papahana Libera. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka "ʻōpala", e like me kā lākou i kapa ʻia ai, ʻoi aku ka maʻamau ma nā kahakai ʻo nā ʻōpala cigarette. "ʻIke mākou i nā ʻeke paka mai nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua," wahi a Dean. "Ma muli paha o ka mākaʻikaʻi, he mea maʻamau ia ma ʻaneʻi ma ka mokupuni ʻo Canary," wahi āna mai Tenerife. "Akā naʻe, ua ʻike mākou he mea koʻikoʻi ke au o ka moana i ka pollution plastic," wahi āna. , he huakaʻi i lawe i nā microplastics a me nā nanoplastics i nā wahi mamao loa o ka honua, e like me nā pou. "Hoʻomaka ia ma ko mākou mau kahakai a i ko mākou mau hale", e aʻo aku i ka mea hoʻokalakupua. "Ua loaʻa iā mākou nā ʻōpuʻu pepeiao i loko o ke kai, ʻaʻole ʻike ka poʻe ʻaʻole he ʻōpala ʻōpala ka halepaku a ʻo ka mea a mākou e hoʻolei aku ai e pau i ke kai," wahi āna. ʻO ka hoʻohaumia ʻana, i kēia hihia, "hiki ke ʻike ʻia", holomua i ke kanaka mai Malaga, akā "he mea ʻē aʻe i ʻike ʻole ʻia e ka maka". I ka makahiki 2022, ua hōʻike ka OceanoScientific Contaminants of the Mediterranean 2020 expedition i ka wai Mediterranean e ʻauʻau ai i ka hikina o Sepania ma luna o ka awelika ʻEulopa no ka hoʻohaumia kemika. I kāna huakaʻi, lawe ʻo Dean i nā laʻana ma nā wahi like ʻole o ka palapala honua e ʻike i ko lākou ʻano. "ʻAʻole koke, e hāʻawi mai ke Kulanui o Cádiz iā mākou i nā hopena i kēia makahiki," wahi āna. ʻAʻole i nānā wale ka hoʻokolokolo i ka wai hohonu, akā ua hōʻiliʻili pū kekahi i nā lita o ka mea wai mai nā muliwai ma kona waha. "Ma Cantabria ua loaʻa iā mākou nā haneli o nā pellets mai kahi hale hana," hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia.
