(Bloomberg) - Environmentalists tau txheeb xyuas lwm qhov kev hem thawj rau lub ntiaj teb.Nws hu ua nurdle.

Nurdles yog cov pellets me me ntawm cov yas resin tsis loj dua li cov cwj mem qhuav uas cov tuam txhab hloov pauv mus rau hauv ntim, yas straws, lub raj mis dej thiab lwm lub hom phiaj ntawm ib puag ncig.

Tab sis cov nurdles lawv tus kheej kuj yog ib qho teeb meem.Ntau txhiab lab ntawm lawv tau poob los ntawm kev tsim khoom thiab cov khoom lag luam txhua xyoo, nchuav lossis ntxuav rau hauv dej.Ib lub koom haum UK ib puag ncig kev sab laj tau kwv yees xyoo tas los hais tias ua ntej tsim cov yas pellets yog qhov thib ob loj tshaj plaws ntawm micro-yas cov pa phem hauv dej, tom qab micro-fragments los ntawm lub tsheb log tsheb.

Tam sim no, cov tswv cuab tawm tswv yim pab pawg As You Sow tau teeb tsa cov kev daws teeb meem nrog Chevron Corp., DowDupont Inc., Exxon Mobil Corp. thiab Phillips 66 kom lawv nthuav tawm ntau npaum li cas nurdles khiav tawm lawv cov txheej txheem tsim khoom txhua xyoo, thiab lawv tau daws qhov teeb meem zoo li cas. .

Raws li kev ncaj ncees, pab pawg hais txog kev kwv yees ntawm cov nyiaj txiag siab thiab ib puag ncig tus nqi cuam tshuam nrog cov pa phem yas, thiab kev siv zog thoob ntiaj teb tsis ntev los no los daws nws.Cov no suav nrog United Nations lub rooj sib tham hauv Nairobi thiab US txoj cai txwv tsis pub siv cov yas siv hauv tshuaj pleev ib ce.

Conrad MacKerron, tus lwm thawj coj loj ntawm As You Sow tau hais tias "Peb tau muaj cov ntaub ntawv nyob rau ob peb xyoos dhau los los ntawm kev lag luam plastics, uas lawv tau ua qhov no tiag tiag,"Cov tuam txhab hais tias lawv tau teem lub hom phiaj los siv cov yas rov qab, nws hais."Qhov no yog lub sijhawm tseem ceeb tshaj plaws, hais txog seb lawv puas hnyav ... yog tias lawv txaus siab tawm, warts thiab tag nrho, thiab hais tias 'qhov no yog qhov xwm txheej.Ntawm no yog cov spills uas tawm muaj.Nov yog yam uas peb ua rau lawv.'”

Cov tuam txhab twb tau koom nrog hauv Kev Ua Haujlwm Huv Huv Sweep, kev yeem kev lag luam-rov qab siv zog ua kom cov yas tawm hauv dej hiav txwv.Raws li ib feem ntawm kev pib hu ua OCS Blue, cov tswvcuab raug hais kom qhia cov ntaub ntawv zais cia nrog pawg lag luam txog qhov ntim ntawm cov pellets xa los yog tau txais, nchuav, rov qab thiab rov ua dua, nrog rau kev siv zog los tshem tawm cov pa tawm.

Jacob Barron, tus kws tshaj lij rau Plastic Industry Association (PIA), lub chaw tos txais kev lag luam, tau hais tias "cov kev cai hais txog kev tsis pub lwm tus paub yog suav nrog txhawm rau tshem tawm kev txhawj xeeb txog kev sib tw uas yuav tiv thaiv lub tuam txhab los ntawm kev nthuav tawm cov ntaub ntawv no."Pawg Neeg Asmeskas Chemistry Council, lwm pab pawg neeg tos txais, koom tes nrog OCS nrog rau PIA.Thaum lub Tsib Hlis, nws tau tshaj tawm cov hom phiaj thoob plaws kev lag luam mus sij hawm ntev kom rov qab los thiab rov ua dua cov ntim yas, thiab rau txhua tus neeg tsim khoom hauv Asmeskas koom nrog OCS Blue los ntawm 2020.

Muaj cov ntaub ntawv txwv tsis pub hais txog qhov muaj kuab paug zoo li no los ntawm Asmeskas cov tuam txhab, thiab cov kws tshawb fawb thoob ntiaj teb tau tawm tsam los ntsuas qhov tseeb.Ib txoj kev tshawb fawb 2018 kwv yees tias 3 lab txog 36 lab pellets yuav khiav txhua xyoo los ntawm tsuas yog ib qho chaw lag luam me hauv Sweden, thiab yog tias cov khoom me me raug txiav txim siab, qhov tso tawm ntau dua yog ib puas npaug.

Kev tshawb fawb tshiab tau nthuav tawm qhov chaw ntawm cov yas pellets

Eunomia, British ib puag ncig kev sab laj uas pom cov nurdles yog qhov thib ob loj tshaj plaws ntawm cov pa phem micro-plastic, kwv yees xyoo 2016 tias UK tuaj yeem poob qis ntawm 5.3 billion txog 53 billion pellets rau hauv ib puag ncig txhua xyoo.

Kev tshawb fawb tshiab tau nthuav tawm qhov chaw ntawm cov yas pellets, los ntawm lub plab ntawm cov ntses ntes tau nyob rau sab qab teb Pacific, mus rau lub plab zom mov ntawm luv-tailed albatross nyob rau sab qaum teb thiab ntawm ntug hiav txwv dej ntawm Mediterranean.

Braden Reddall, tus kws tshaj lij rau Chevron, tau hais tias cov fossil roj loj loj pawg thawj coj saib xyuas cov tswv lag luam tawm tswv yim thiab ua cov lus pom zoo rau txhua qhov hauv nws daim ntawv tso cai, npaj rau lub Plaub Hlis 9. Rachelle Schikorra, tus cev lus rau Dow, hais tias lub tuam txhab tsis tu ncua tham nrog cov tswv lag luam txog kev ruaj khov thiab ua haujlwm "tsim cov kev daws teeb meem uas khaws cov yas tawm ntawm peb ib puag ncig."

Joe Gannon, tus cev lus rau Phillips 66, tau hais tias nws lub tuam txhab "tau txais cov tswv lag luam tawm tswv yim thiab tau muab los koom nrog cov neeg txhawb nqa."ExxonMobil tsis kam tawm tswv yim.

Cov tuam txhab lag luam yuav txiav txim siab nyob rau ob peb lub hlis tom ntej seb puas yuav suav nrog cov kev daws teeb meem hauv xyoo no daim ntawv tso cai, raws li As You Sow.