"Mfundi othandekayo, ndicela undibhalele, ndingavuya kakhulu." Lo ngumgca owabhalwa ngumfana waseBritani kwiphepha alibonisa kwibhotile waza waqalisa ngasekupheleni kweminyaka engama-90. Uhambo, okanye ukuzulazula, okwenza iikhilomitha zelahleko yeplastiki kwaye ithatha kuphela i-500 yezigidi zeminyaka, kulapho kuthatha ixesha ukuwohloka kunye nokungcolisa. Enyanisweni, kuqikelelwa ukuba ngaphezu kweebhiliyoni ezi-5 zeeplastiki eziye zaphelela elwandle kwiminyaka yakutshanje. "Kukho iitoti, iibhotile, iziqwenga ezikhululekile," utshilo uNacho Dean, isazi sendalo kunye nomhloli. NgoSeptemba ophelileyo, lo mfana waseMalaga wabandezeleka ngebhayisikili e-Hendaye (eFransi) ukulandela umkhondo weplastiki kumanxweme aseSpain. Uhambo lweekhilomitha zeekhilomitha ngamachibi angasemva, iBay of Biscay kunye neMeditera, kunye nolwandle, iAtlantiki, ukuqinisekisa imeko yeekhilomitha ezingama-8.000 zonxweme: "kubi," uyalumkisa. "Njengoko iZizwe eziManyeneyo zisitsho, ukuba siqhubeka ngolu hlobo ngo-2050 kuya kubakho iplastiki eninzi kuneentlanzi elwandle," kusho uDean. Emva kokuhamba isiqingatha sehlabathi ngeenyawo nokuqubha emanzini kuwo wonke umhlaba, lo mhambi uzibekele ucelomngeni lokugxeka imeko yempilo eyingozi yonxweme lwaseSpain nolwasePortugal. “Kuhambo lwangaphambili ndibone isixa esikhulu seplastiki nenkunkuma yaselwandle efunyenwe kulo lonke unxweme,” uphendula ngelitshoyo. “Ndagqiba kwelokuba kufuneka ndenze into kwaye kufuneka ndiyenze kwindawo yethu yaselwandle,” uyongezelela. Yile ndlela "iLa Expedición Azul" yazalwa ngayo, okwangoku, imisa kwiiCanary Islands kwinqanaba lesithathu ngaphambi kokujongana nonxweme lwaseLevantine. "Okwangoku, sinedatha evela kunxweme lwaseCantabrian kunye neAtlantiki, kodwa kusesekuseni kakhulu ukuba sifikelele kwizigqibo zesayensi," utshilo uDean. Iplastiki ebonakalayo nengabonakaliyo Ngokwedatha evela kwii-NGO ezahlukeneyo, iSpain ithutha iitoni ze-120 zenkunkuma elwandle ngosuku, ingcolisa ngaphezu kwesigidi seekhilomitha zeekhilomitha zolwandle lwaseSpain. "Iplastiki ifumaneka njengoninzi lwenkunkuma kuzo zonke iindawo zePeninsula yase-Iberia," iingxelo ezininzi ezivela kwiprojekthi yeLibera zichaza. "Sisuse ngaphezu kwe-40 kilos yenkunkuma ngeyure ukusuka elunxwemeni," iinkcukacha zeDean. Phakathi kwezinto eziseleyo kukho iminqwazi, iibhotile okanye iinkonkxa, "nangona kuxhomekeke kakhulu kwindawo esikuyo," utyhile umhloli waseMalaga. "Kwi-Bay of Biscay siqokelele izinto ezininzi zokuloba," uyongezelela. "Kwezi ndawo, ipesenti ephezulu kakhulu yongcoliseko lwaselwandle luvela ekulobeni." , ungcoliso oluneendleko zokusingqongileyo nezoqoqosho. Njengoko kuchaziwe kwisiseko saseDatshi Ukutshintsha iiMarike, ukucoca inkunkuma yeplastiki kunxweme lwaseSpain kubiza i-euro yezigidi ezingama-700 ngonyaka kwiiholo zoluntu. Kwalo xwebhu lunye luqukumbela ngelithi nyaka ngamnye phakathi kwe-13.000 kunye ne-80.000 yee-euro ngekhilomitha nganye yonxweme kutyalwa imali ekucoceni. Izikhongozeli zokusela zizodwa zimele phakathi kwe-285 yezigidi kunye ne-500 yezigidi zee-euro ngonyaka. I-Dean's 'Blue Expedition' iqokelela amavolontiya, kufutshane ne-200 kwiifowuni zokugqibela, kwiilwandle zaseSpain. “Asifuni kuthatha indawo yomsebenzi woomasipala, into esiyenzayo kukwazisa abantu ngale ngxaki ngokucoca,” utsho. "Ngokucacileyo, iilwandle ezicocekileyo ziyinjongo yethu, kodwa into esiyifunayo kukuhlela kwaye sibone iimpawu zezona zinto zibonakala kakhulu." Iisampulu ezihlala nje imizuzu engama-60 okanye engama-90 kwaye "esebenza ukubona kuphela incam yomkhenkce wengxaki." Kwelo yure incinci okanye iyure enesiqingatha, amavolontiya eprojekthi "akembi okanye agrumbe imingxuma elunxwemeni," utshilo uDean, "baqokelela kuphela oko kusentlabathini," utshilo. Oku kuye kwavumela ukuba baqokelele iikhilo zeplastiki kunye "nabanye bevela kwezinye iindawo kwiplanethi." Ukushukunyiswa yimisinga Iisampulu zokuqala ezithathwe nguDean kunye nabalingane bakhe zivunywe zezinye izifundo, "i-96% yabantu baseSpain bakholelwa ukuba amabhishi kunye nolwandle yeyona ndawo ingcolisekileyo kwilizwe lethu", igxininisa iprojekthi yeLibera. Ngapha koko, "inkunkuma", njengoko beyibiza njalo, ixhaphake kakhulu elunxwemeni ziimpundu zecuba. UDean uthi: “Sibona iipakethi zecuba zisuka kwezinye iindawo emhlabeni. "Inokuba kungenxa yokhenketho, ixhaphake kakhulu apha kwiiCanary Islands," uphendula eTenerife. "Nangona kunjalo, sifumene ukuba imisinga yolwandle idlala indima ebaluleke kakhulu kungcoliseko lweplastiki," uyongezelela. , uhambo oluthathe i-microplastics kunye ne-nanoplastics kwiindawo ezikude kakhulu kwiplanethi, njengezibonda. “Iqala kumalwandle ethu okanye ezindlwini zethu”, uyalumkisa lowo uthatha uhambo. “Sifumene iindlebe elwandle, abantu abaqondi ukuba indlu yangasese asiyonkunkuma kwaye into esiyilahlayo iphelela elwandle,” utsho egxeka. Ukungcoliswa ukuba, kule meko, "inokubonwa", iqhubela phambili indoda yaseMalaga, kodwa "kusekho enye into engabonakaliyo kwiliso". Ngo-2022, i-OceanoScientific Contaminants yohambo lweMeditera ngo-2020 yatyhila ukuba amanzi eMeditera ahlamba impuma yeSpain angaphezulu komndilili waseYurophu wokungcoliseka kwemichiza. Ngethuba lohambo lwakhe, uDean uthatha iisampuli kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zejografi yesizwe ukuze abone umgangatho wazo. “Kungekudala, iYunivesithi yaseCádiz iza kusinika iziphumo kulo nyaka wonke,” uqhubela phambili. Uphando aluzange luhlolisise amanzi anzulu kuphela, kodwa luqokelele iilitha zolwelo oluvela kwimilambo emlonyeni walo. “ECantabria safumana amakhulu eepellets kumzi-mveliso,” ukhumbula oko.
