Isivumelwano “esingokomlando” sisayinwe amazwe ayi-187. I-Basel Convention ibeka imithetho yamazwe omhlaba wokuqala athutha imfucuza eyingozi emazweni angacebile. I-US kanye namanye amazwe ngeke besakwazi ukuthumela imfucumfucu yepulasitiki emazweni ayingxenye ye-Basel Convention futhi angewona amalungu eNhlangano Yezokubambisana Kwezomnotho Nentuthuko. Imithetho emisha izoqala ukusebenza ngonyaka.
Ngasekuqaleni konyaka, i-China yayeka ukwamukela ukugaywa kabusha okuvela e-US, kodwa lokhu kuye kwaholela ekwandeni kwemfucuza yepulasitiki emazweni asathuthuka - kusukela embonini yokudla, embonini yesiphuzo, imfashini, ubuchwepheshe kanye nokunakekelwa kwezempilo. IGlobal Alliance for Waste Incineration Alternatives (Gaia), eyeseka lesi sivumelwano, ithi bathole amadolobhana e-Indonesia, Thailand naseMalaysia “esiphenduke izindawo zokulahla udoti phakathi nonyaka.” "Sithole imfucuza evela e-US ebisanda kunqwabelana emizaneni kuwo wonke lawa mazwe abeyimiphakathi yezolimo kakhulu," kusho uClaire Arkin, okhulumela iGaia.
Ngemva kwemibiko enjalo, kwaba nomhlangano wamasonto amabili owawudingida udoti wepulasitiki namakhemikhali anobuthi asongela ulwandle nezilwane zasolwandle.
U-Rolf Payet we-UN Environment Programme wabiza lesi sivumelwano ngokuthi “ngokomlando” njengoba amazwe kuyodingeka alandelele ukuthi imfucumfucu yepulasitiki iya kuphi lapho isuka emingceleni yawo. Uqhathanise ukungcoliswa kwepulasitiki “nobhubhane”, wathi cishe amathani ayizigidi eziyi-110 epulasitiki angcolisa ulwandle, kanti amaphesenti angama-80 kuye kwangama-90 avela emithonjeni esemhlabeni.
Abasekeli balesi sivumelwano bathi kuzokwenza ukuhwebelana komhlaba wonke ngodoti wepulasitiki kube obala futhi kulawuleke kangcono, kuvikelwe abantu kanye nemvelo. Izikhulu zithi le nqubekelaphambili ngokwengxenye ibangelwa ukwanda kokuqwashisa komphakathi, okuxhaswe amadokhumentari mayelana nezingozi zokungcoliswa kwepulasitiki.
“Kwakuyilezo zibhamu zamatshwele e-albatross afile eziQhingini zasePacific evule izisu nazo zonke izinto ezibonakalayo zepulasitiki ngaphakathi. Futhi muva nje, lapho sithola ukuthi ama-nanoparticles ayaweqa ngempela umgoqo wegazi nobuchopho, sikwazile ukufakazela ukuthi upulasitiki usuvele ungaphakathi kithi,” kusho uPaul Rose, umholi wohambo lweNational Geographic’s Primal Seas lokuvikela ulwandle. Izithombe zakamuva zemikhoma efile enekhilogremu kadoti eziswini nazo zishaqise umphakathi.
UMarco Lambertini, oyi-CEO yenhlangano yezemvelo nezilwane zasendle i-WWF International, uthe lesi sivumelwano siyisinyathelo esamukelekayo nokuthi isikhathi eside amazwe acebile akuphikile ukuthi unesibopho sokutshala imfucumfucu yepulasitiki. “Nokho, lokhu kuyingxenye yohambo. Thina neplanethi yethu sidinga isivumelwano esibanzi ukuze sinqobe inkinga yepulasitiki yomhlaba wonke, ”kwengeza uLambertini.
Yana Dotsenko
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