South Africa Coatings Industry, Climate Change uye Plastic Pollution

Greenhouse gasi (GHG) inokonzereswa nekukwira kwemafuta efossil uye kutadza kutonga kwemarara ndiwo maviri ematambudziko arikutarisana neindasitiri yekufukidzira yeAfrica, uye nekudaro kukurumidza kwekugadzirisa zvigadziriso zvisingaperi izvo kwete kuchengetedza kusimba kweindasitiri chete asi kuvimbisa vagadziri nevatambi pamwe neketani yekukosha kwekushandisa kushoma kwebhizinesi uye mihoro yakawanda.

Nyanzvi zvino dzinodaidzira kuti kuwedzere kutariswa kwekushandiswa kwesimba uye pre-kushandisa maitiro kana zvasvika pakurongedza kudzikisa tsvina inoraswa kana dunhu richizonyatso batsira kune net zero panosvika 2050 uye kuwedzera kutenderera kweiyo indasitiri yekukoira kukosha kweketani.

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MuSouth Africa, kuvimba kwakanyanya kwezvicherwa zvinofambiswa nemagetsi kumabasa ezvicherwa zvekuvharisa magetsi uye kusavepo kwemaitiro ekurasa marara akanyatsogadziriswa uye anobatika kwakamanikidza mamwe makambani emunyika muno kuti asarudze mabhindauko ekugovera simba rakachena uye kurongedza zvigadziriso zvinogona kushandiswazve nekudzokororwa nevagadziri vawo pamwe nevagadziri vawo.

Semuyenzaniso, Cape Town-yakavakirwa Polyoak Packaging, kambani inoshanda mukugadzira nekugadzira yakaomesesa epurasitiki kurongedza chikafu, zvinwiwa uye maindasitiri ekushandisa, inoti shanduko yemamiriro ekunze uye kusvibiswa kwepurasitiki, uko kunokonzerwa nechikamu chekugadzira kusanganisira indasitiri yekupfeka, ndiwo maviri ematambudziko epasirese "akaipa" asi ayo magadzirirwo emusika anowanikwa.

Cohn Gibb, maneja wekutengesa kwekambani iyi, akati muJohannesburg muna Chikumi 2024 chikamu chesimba chinodarika makumi manomwe neshanu muzana emagetsi egreenhouse gasi ane simba repasi rose rinobva mufosil. MuSouth Africa, mafuta efossil anosvika chikamu che91% chesimba rose renyika zvichienzaniswa ne80% pasi rose nemarasha ari kutonga magetsi emunyika.

"South Africa ndiyo yechigumi nenhatu pakukura kwegasi rinopisa muvhu pasi rose rine chikamu chegetsi chakanyanya kudarika nyika dzeG20," anodaro.

Eskom, kambani yemagetsi yekuSouth Africa, "inonyanya kugadzira GHG pasi rose sezvo ichiburitsa salfur dioxide yakawanda kudarika US neChina dzasanganiswa," Gibb anodaro.

Kuburitswa kwakanyanya kwesulfur dioxide kune zvazvinoreva pakugadzira nehurongwa hweSouth Africa izvo zvinokonzeresa kudikanwa kwesarudzo dzakachena dzesimba.
Chishuvo chekutsigira kuyedza kwepasi rose kuderedza kuburitswa kwemafuta anofambiswa nemafuta uye kudzikisira mutengo wekushandisa, pamwe nekudzikisira kudzikiswa kuri kuitwa neEskom mari, kwaendesa Polyoak kusimba rinomutsiridza izvo zvaizoona kambani ichigadzira inoda kusvika 5.4 miriyoni kwh pagore.

Simba rakachena rakagadzirwa "raizochengetedza 5,610 matani eCO2 emissions gore negore izvo zvingada 231,000 miti pagore kuti iwane," Gibb anodaro.

Kunyangwe iyo itsva renewable energy investimendi isina kukwana kutsigira mashandiro ePolyoak, kambani panguva ino yakaisa mari mumajenareta kuti ive nechokwadi chekupihwa kwemagetsi kusingapindike panguva yekuremeswa kwemagetsi kuitira kuti pave nekubudirira kwekugadzira.

Kumwewo, Gibb anoti South Africa ndiyo imwe yenyika dzine marara akaipisisa pasi rose uye zvinotoda nzira dzekugadzirisa marara kubva kune vanogadzira marata kuti vaderedze marara asingazoshandiswe zvakare uye asingazogadzirike zvakare munyika iyo inosvika makumi matatu neshanu muzana yemhuri isina nzira yekunhonga marara. Chikamu chikuru chetsvina inogadzirwa inoraswa zvisiri pamutemo uye inoraswa munzvimbo dzinowanzo wedzera nzvimbo dzekugara, sekureva kwaGibb.

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Dambudziko guru rekugadzirisa tsvina rinobva kumapurasitiki uye mafemu ekurongedza mafemu uye vatengesi vane mukana wekudzikisa mutoro wezvakatipoteredza kuburikidza nekugara kwenguva refu kushandiswa zvakare kurongedza kunogona kushandiswa zvakare kana zvichidikanwa.

Muna 2023, Dhipatimendi reSouth Africa reMasango neFisheries neMhoteredzo yakagadzira nhungamiro yekutakura munyika iyo inofukidza zvikamu zvina zvekurongedza zvinhu zvesimbi, magirazi, mapepa nemapurasitiki.

Nhungamiro, iyo dhipatimendi rakati, ndeyekubatsira "kudzikisa huwandu hwekurongedza kuguma munzvimbo dzekurasira nekuvandudza dhizaini yechigadzirwa, kuwedzera kunaka kwemaitiro ekugadzira uye kusimudzira kudzivirira marara."

"Chimwe chezvinangwa zvakakosha zvegwaro rino rekurongedza ndechekubatsira vanogadzira mumhando dzese dzekurongedza nekunzwisisa zvirinani zvinokonzeresa kwezvakatipoteredza zvezvisarudzo zvemagadzirirwo avo, nekudaro kusimudzira maitiro akanaka ezvakatipoteredza pasina kurambidza sarudzo," akadaro aimbova gurukota reDFFE Creecy Barbara, uyo kubva ipapo akaendeswa kudhipatimendi rekutakura.

KuPolyoak, Gibb anoti, manejimendi ekambani anga achienderera mberi nekurongedza mapepa ayo anotarisana ne "kushandiswazve kwemakatoni kuchengetedza miti." Makatoni ePolioak anogadzirwa kubva kugiredhi giredhi katoni bhodhi nekuda kwezvikonzero zvekuchengetedza.

“Paavhareji zvinoda miti 17 kugadzira toni imwe yecarbon board,” anodaro Gibb.
“Chirongwa chedu chekudzorera makatoni chinorerutsa kushandiswazve kwebhokisi rimwe nerimwe kweavhareji kashanu,” anowedzera kudaro, achidudza nhanho huru ya2021 yekutenga matani 1600 emabhokisi matsva, tichiashandisazve nokudaro kuponesa miti 6 400.”

Gibb anofungidzira munguva inopfuura gore, kushandisazve makatoni kunoponesa 108,800 miti, yakaenzana nemirioni yemiti mumakore gumi.

DFFE inofungidzira kuti anopfuura mamirioni gumi nemaviri ematani emapepa nemapepa akadzoserwa munyika mumakore gumi apfuura hurumende ichiti zvinodarika zvikamu makumi manomwe neshanu muzana zvemapepa uye kurongedza zvakaunganidzwa muna 2018, zvinosvika 1,285 miriyoni matani.

Asi dambudziko guru rakatarisana neSouth Africa, sezviri kuitika munyika zhinji dzemuAfrica, nderekuwanda kwekuraswa kwemapurasitiki kusingataurwi, zvikuru mapete epurasitiki kana manurdles.

"Indasitiri yepurasitiki inofanirwa kudzivirira kuparara kwepurasitiki, maflakes kana hupfu munzvimbo kubva mukugadzira nekugovera," akadaro Gibb.

Parizvino, Polyoak iri kuita mushandirapamwe unonzi 'catch that pellet drive' wakanangana nekudzivirira maplastic pellets asati apinda mumigero yemvura yemuSouth Africa.

"Sezvineiwo, mapepa epurasitiki anokanganisa sekudya kunonaka kuhove zhinji neshiri mushure mekutsvedza nemumigero yemvura yemupupuri umo dzinopinda munzizi dzedu dzichidzika munyanza uye dzinozopedzisira dzawira mumahombekombe edu."

Mapellets epurasitiki anobva kumicroplastics inotorwa kubva kuguruva retai uye microfiber kubva mukugezesa uye kudonha kuomeswa kwenylon uye zvipfeko zvepolyester.

Inosvika 87% yemicroplastics yakatengeswa mumigwagwa (7%), microfibers (35%), guruva reguta (24%), matayi (28%) uye nurdles (0.3%).

Mamiriro ezvinhu angangoramba achienderera mberi sezvo DFFE ichiti South Africa "haina zvirongwa zvakakura zvekugadzirisa marara mushure mevatengi zvekuparadzanisa uye kugadzirisa zvinhu zvinoodza uye zvinosanganiswa.

"Nekuda kweizvozvo, zvinhu izvi hazvina kukosha kune vanonhonga marara kana zvisina kurongeka, saka zvigadzirwa zvinogona kuramba zviri munharaunda kana zvakanyanya, zvinoguma zvaraswa," DFFE yakadaro.

Izvi zviri kuitika kunyangwe kuvepo kweConsumer Protection Act Section 29 ne41 uye Standards Act 2008 Section 27(1) & {2) inorambidza manyepo, manyepo kana manyepo maererano nezvigadzirwa zvechigadzirwa kana maitiro ekuita pamwe nemabhizinesi kubva mukureva nhema kana kushanda nenzira inogona "kuunza fungidziro yekuti zvigadzirwa zvinoenderana neruzhinji rweSouth African National Standard.

Munguva pfupi kusvika pakati, DFFE inokurudzira makambani kuti aderedze kukanganisa kwezvakatipoteredza kwezvigadzirwa nemasevhisi kuburikidza nehupenyu hwavo hwese "sezvo shanduko yemamiriro ekunze uye kugadzikana ari iwo matambudziko makuru munharaunda nhasi, zvakakosha."