Inā he mea a nā mea hoihoi i ka hoʻoikaika kino, ka mea haʻuki a me ka poʻe hoihoi i waho e makemake nui ai, ʻo ia nā lole synthetic. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻo nā mea e like me ka polyester, nylon, a me ka acrylic he mea maikaʻi loa ia i ka hoʻohemo ʻana i ka makū, maloʻo koke, a paʻa maoli.
Akā, ua hana ʻia kēia mau mea synthetic a pau i ka plastic. Ke haki a ʻōwili paha kēia mau olonā, nalowale ko lākou mau kaula, kahi e pau pinepine ai i loko o ko kākou lepo a me nā kumu wai, e hoʻoulu ai i nā pilikia olakino a me ke kaiapuni. E like me kou akahele, ʻo ke kumu nui o kēia mau ʻāpana wehe a pau aia ma kou home: kāu mīkini holoi.
ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, aia kekahi mau ala maʻalahi e pale ai i nā microplastics mai ka hoʻohaumia ʻana i ka honua me kēlā me kēia kāmaʻa.
E like me ka inoa e hōʻike nei, ʻo nā microplastics he mau ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka plastik a i ʻole nā fibers plastik i ʻike ʻole ʻia e ka maka ʻōlohelohe. No laila, ʻo ka hakakā ʻana e pale i ko lākou hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana he mea hoʻowalewale ʻole ia ma mua o nā ʻōpala plastik a i ʻole nā ʻeke - kahi hoʻoikaika e hele pinepine ʻia me nā kiʻi puʻuwai o nā honu kai e ʻānai ana i nā ʻōpala. Akā, ʻōlelo ka mea ola honua kai ʻo Alexis Jackson he hoʻoweliweli nui nā microplastics i ko mākou kaiapuni. E ʻike ʻo ia: he Ph.D kāna. Ma ke kahua o ka ecology a me ka evolutionary biology, ua aʻo nui ʻia nā plastics i loko o ko mākou moana ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻokele o ke kulekele moana no ka mokuna Kaleponi o The Nature Conservancy.
Akā, ʻaʻole e like me ke kūʻai ʻana i nā ʻōpala metala a i ʻole ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i nā ʻeke hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia, ʻaʻole maopopo ka hopena i kēia pilikia microscopic. ʻO ka mea mua, ua liʻiliʻi loa nā microplastics ʻaʻole hiki i nā hale hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe wai ʻino ke kānana iā lākou.
Ke paheʻe lākou, kokoke lākou i nā wahi āpau. Loaʻa lākou ma ka Arctic. ʻAʻole wale lākou he mea ʻoluʻolu ʻole, akā hiki i nā holoholona āpau e ʻai ana i kēia mau kaula plastik liʻiliʻi ke loaʻa kahi poloka i loko o ke ala ʻai, hoʻemi ʻia ka ikehu a me ka makemake, e hopena ana i ka ulu ʻana a me ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka hana hānau. Eia kekahi, ua hōʻike ʻia nā microplastics e omo i nā kemika ʻino e like me nā metala kaumaha a me nā pesticides, e hoʻoili ana i kēia mau mea ʻawahia i ka plankton, iʻa, nā manu kai a me nā holoholona hihiu ʻē aʻe.
Mai laila mai, hiki i nā kemika weliweli ke neʻe i luna i ke kaulahao meaʻai a hōʻike ʻia i kāu ʻaina kai, ʻaʻole e haʻi i ka wai paipa.
ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻohe o mākou ʻikepili e pili ana i ka hopena lōʻihi o nā microplastics i ke olakino kanaka. Akā no ka mea ua ʻike mākou he mea ʻino lākou no nā holoholona (a ʻaʻole i ʻōlelo ʻia nā plastics i kahi ʻāpana i manaʻo ʻia o kahi papaʻai olakino a kaulike), ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jackson he palekana ke ʻōlelo ʻaʻole pono mākou e hoʻokomo iā lākou i loko o ko mākou kino.
I ka hiki ʻana mai o ka manawa e holoi ai i kou mau leggings, nā pālule kinipōpō hīnaʻi, a i ʻole ke kapa komo wicking, aia kekahi mau hana hiki iā ʻoe ke hana e pale aku ai i ka pau ʻana o nā microplastics i ke kaiapuni.
E hoʻomaka ma ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā lole holoi - ʻaʻole ma ke kala, akā ma ka mea. E holoi i nā lole ʻāʻī a ʻāʻī paha, e like me nā jeans, ma kahi ʻokoʻa mai nā lole palupalu, e like me nā T-shirt polyester a me nā sweaters huluhulu. Ma kēia ʻano, e hōʻemi ʻoe i ka friction i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka hopena o ka mea ʻāʻī ma luna o ka mea lahilahi i loko o 40 mau minuke. ʻO ka emi ʻana o ka friction ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole e pau koke kou mau lole a ʻaʻole hiki ke haki mua nā olonā.
A laila e hōʻoia e hoʻohana ʻoe i ka wai anuanu a ʻaʻole wela. E hoʻonāwaliwali ka wela i nā olonā a e haehae maʻalahi iā lākou, ʻoiai ʻo ka wai anuanu e kōkua iā lākou e lōʻihi. A laila e holo i nā pōʻaiapuni pōkole ma kahi o nā pōʻaiapuni maʻamau a lōʻihi paha, e hōʻemi kēia i ka manawa kūpono o ka haki ʻana o ka olonā. Ke hana ʻoe i kēia, e hoʻemi i ka wikiwiki o ke kaʻina wili inā hiki - e hōʻemi hou kēia i ka friction. I ka hui pū ʻana, ua hōʻemi kēia mau ʻano i ka hoʻokahe ʻana o ka microfiber ma 30%, e like me kekahi noiʻi.
ʻOiai mākou e kūkākūkā ana i nā hoʻonohonoho mīkini holoi, e pale i nā pōʻaiapuni palupalu. He kūʻē paha kēia i kou manaʻo, akā hoʻohana ia i ka wai ma mua o nā pōʻaiapuni holoi ʻē aʻe e pale aku ai i ka chafing - ʻo ka lakio wai i ka lole kiʻekiʻe hiki ke hoʻonui i ka hoʻokahe ʻana o ka fiber.
ʻO ka mea hope loa, e hoʻokuʻu loa i ka mea maloʻo. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokūpaʻa nui i kēia: Hoʻopōkole ka wela i ke ola o nā mea a hoʻonui i ka hiki ke haki lākou ma lalo o ke kaumaha aʻe. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, maloʻo koke nā lole synthetic, no laila e kau iā lākou ma waho a i ʻole ma luna o ka ʻauʻau ʻauʻau—e mālama ʻoe i ke kālā ma ka hoʻohana pinepine ʻana i ka mea maloʻo.
Ma hope o ka holoi ʻia ʻana a me ka maloʻo ʻana o kou mau lole, mai hoʻihoʻi i ka mīkini holoi. ʻAʻole pono e holoi ʻia ka nui o nā mea ma hope o kēlā me kēia hoʻohana ʻana, no laila e hoʻihoʻi i kēlā mau lole pōkole a pālule paha i loko o ke keʻena lole e ʻaʻahu hou ai a i ʻole ʻelua manawa inā ʻaʻole lākou e pilau e like me ka ʻīlio pulu ma hope o hoʻokahi hoʻohana ʻana. Inā hoʻokahi wale nō wahi lepo, e holoi me ka lima ma kahi o ka hoʻomaka ʻana e hoʻopaʻa.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i nā huahana like ʻole e hōʻemi i ka hoʻokahe ʻana o ka microfiber. Ua hana ʻo Guppyfriend i ʻeke holoi lole i hoʻolālā kūikawā ʻia e hōʻiliʻili i nā olonā haʻihaʻi a me nā ʻōpala microplastic, a e pale i ka haki ʻana o ka fiber ma ke kumu ma ka pale ʻana i nā lole. E hoʻokomo wale i ka synthetic i loko, e hoʻopaʻa i ka zip, e hoʻolei i loko o ka mīkini holoi, e huki i waho a hoʻolei i kekahi lint microplastic i hoʻopili ʻia i nā kihi o ka ʻeke. ʻOiai nā ʻeke holoi lole maʻamau e kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka friction, no laila he koho kēia.
ʻO kahi kānana lint ʻokoʻa i hoʻopili ʻia i ka hose hoʻokahe mīkini holoi kekahi koho kūpono a hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia i hōʻoia ʻia e hōʻemi i nā microplastics a hiki i ka 80%. Akā, mai lawe nui ʻia me kēia mau pōpō holoi lole, kahi i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻopaʻa i nā microfibers i ka holoi ʻana: he liʻiliʻi nā hopena maikaʻi.
I ka wā e pili ana i nā mea holoi lole, he nui nā lama kaulana i loaʻa ka plastic, me nā capsules kūpono e wāwahi i nā ʻāpana microplastic i loko o ka mīkini holoi. Akā ua lawe ʻia kahi ʻeli iki e ʻike ai i nā mea holoi lole nā mea hana hewa. E aʻo pehea e ʻike ai inā he aloha maoli kāu mea holoi lole ma mua o kou hoʻopiha hou ʻana a i ʻole e noʻonoʻo e hana i kāu iho. A laila e mālama i kāu mau synthetics mai ka lā āu e holoi ai iā lākou.
He mea kākau ʻo Alisha McDarris no Popular Science. He kanaka makemake nui i ka huakaʻi a he kanaka makemake nui i nā hana waho, makemake nui ʻo ia e hōʻike i nā hoaaloha, ka ʻohana a me nā malihini pehea e noho palekana ai a hoʻolilo i ka manawa hou aku ma waho. Ke kākau ʻole ʻo ia, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kāna holo ʻana i ka backpacking, kayak, piʻi pōhaku, a i ʻole ka huakaʻi alanui.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Dec-20-2022