Ke loli nei ko mākou honua, pēlā nō kā mākou nūpepa. ʻO kēia moʻolelo he ʻāpana o kā Our Changing Planet, kahi CBC News initiative e hōʻike a wehewehe i nā hopena o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau a me nā mea e hana ʻia nei.
Ua ʻaʻahu ʻo Ginger Merpaw o Lādana, Ontario i nā leka pili no kahi kokoke i 40 mau makahiki a ʻaʻohe manaʻo o ka microplastics i loko o nā lens e pau i nā ala wai a me nā pae ʻāina.
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No ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hopena kaiapuni nui o kēia mau lens liʻiliʻi, ke komo nei nā haneli o nā keʻena optometry ma Kanada i kahi papahana kūikawā e pili ana i ka hana hou ʻana iā lākou a me kā lākou ʻeke.
Paipai ka Bausch+ Lomb Every Contact Counts Recycling Program i ka poʻe e ʻeke i kā lākou mau hoapili i nā keʻena keʻena komo i hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia no ka hana hou ʻana.
"Hoʻohana hou ʻoe i ka plastic a me nā mea like ʻole, akā ʻaʻole wau i manaʻo hiki iā ʻoe ke hana hou i nā pilina.I koʻu lawe ʻana iā lākou i waho, waiho wau iā lākou i loko o ka ʻōpala, no laila ua manaʻo wau he biodegradable lākou, mai noʻonoʻo i kekahi mea, "wahi a Merpaw.
Ma kahi o 20 pakeneka o nā mea hoʻohana lens hoʻopili e hoʻolei iā lākou i lalo o ka lua a hoʻolei paha iā lākou i loko o ka ʻōpala, wahi a Hamis. ʻO kāna keʻena keʻena kahi o 250 mau wahi ma Ontario e komo ana i ka papahana hana hou.
"Holo ʻia nā leka uila i kekahi manawa i ka wā e hana hou ai, no laila he manawa kūpono kēia e kōkua ai i ke kaiapuni," wahi āna.
Wahi a TerraCycle, ka hui hana hou e alakaʻi ana i ka papahana, ʻoi aku ma mua o 290 miliona mau pilina e hoʻopau i nā pae ʻāina i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
"Hoʻonui nā mea liʻiliʻi i hoʻokahi makahiki.Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā lens i kēlā me kēia lā, ke hana nei ʻoe me 365 mau pālua, "wahi a Wendy Sherman, ka luna moʻokāki kiʻekiʻe o TerraCycle.Hoʻohana pū ʻo TerraCycle me nā ʻoihana mea kūʻai aku, nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā kūlanakauhale, Hana no ka hana hou.
"He ʻāpana koʻikoʻi nā lens contact i ka nui o ka poʻe, a ke lilo ia i mea maʻamau, poina pinepine ʻoe i ka hopena o ke kaiapuni."
Hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ʻelua makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hōʻiliʻili ka papahana i 1 miliona mau leka uila a me kā lākou hōʻailona.
Ua hoʻohana ʻo Hoson Kablawi i nā leka pili i kēlā me kēia lā no nā makahiki he 10. Pīhoihoi ʻo ia i ka lohe ʻana hiki ke hana hou ʻia.
“ʻAʻole hele ka pilina ma kahi.ʻAʻole makemake ka poʻe āpau e loaʻa iā Lasik, ʻaʻole makemake ka poʻe a pau e ʻaʻahu i nā aniani, ʻoi aku ka mask, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia.
"ʻO kēia [landfill] kahi i hana ʻia ai ka nui o ka methane, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka carbon dioxide, no laila ma ka wehe ʻana i kekahi mau mea o ka ʻōpala, hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻemi i ka hopena e hiki ke loaʻa iā ia."
Hiki ke hana hou ʻia nā lens ponoʻī - me kā lākou pūʻulu blister, foils a me nā pahu.
Ua ʻōlelo lākou ʻo Kablawi lāua ʻo Merpaw, a me kāna mau kaikamahine, e hoʻohana pū i nā lens contact a e hoʻomaka lākou e hōʻiliʻili iā lākou i loko o kahi pahu ma mua o ka hāʻawi ʻana iā lākou i kahi optometrist kūloko.
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“ʻO ko mākou kaiapuni ia.ʻO ia kahi a mākou e noho ai a pono mākou e mālama iā ia, a inā he hana ʻē aʻe ia i ke ala kūpono e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ko mākou honua, ua mākaukau wau e hana," wahi a Merpaw.
Hiki ke loaʻa ka ʻike e pili ana i ke komo ʻana i nā keʻena optometry ma Kanada ma ka pūnaewele o TerraCycle
ʻO ka mea mua a CBC ʻo ka hana ʻana i kahi pūnaewele i hiki i nā poʻe Kanada a pau, me ka poʻe me nā hemahema ʻike, auditory, motor a me ka naʻau.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Mei-26-2022
