UMackenzie Nichols ungumbhali ozimele onguchwepheshe wezindaba zengadi nezokuzijabulisa. Ugxile ekubhaleni ngezitshalo ezintsha, izitayela zengadi, amathiphu namacebo okulima, izitayela zokuzijabulisa, i-Q&A enabaholi embonini yezokuzijabulisa nezokulima, kanye nezitayela emphakathini wanamuhla. Uneminyaka engaphezu kwengu-5 yesipiliyoni sokubhala izindatshana zokushicilelwa okukhulu.
Cishe uke wazibona lezi zikwele eziluhlaza, ezaziwa ngokuthi igwebu lembali noma ama-oases, ekuhlelweni kwezimbali ngaphambili, futhi kungenzeka ukuthi uke wazisebenzisa ngokwakho ukugcina izimbali zisendaweni. Nakuba sekungamashumi eminyaka igwebu lembali likhona, ucwaningo lwamuva lwesayensi luye lwabonisa ukuthi lo mkhiqizo ungaba yingozi emvelweni. Ikakhulukazi, ihlehla ibe yi-microplastics, engangcolisa imithombo yamanzi futhi ilimaze impilo yasemanzini. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uthuli olunegwebu lungadala izinkinga zokuphefumula kubantu. Ngenxa yalezi zizathu, izenzakalo zezimbali ezinkulu ezifana ne-Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show kanye neSlow Flower Summit ziye zasuka egwebu lembali. Esikhundleni salokho, abadayisi bezimbali baya ngokuya bephendukela kwezinye izinhlobo zegwebu lezimbali zendalo yabo. Nakhu ukuthi kungani kufanele ukwenze futhi, nokuthi yini ongayisebenzisa esikhundleni sokuhlelwa kwezimbali.
Igwebu lezimbali liyimpahla engasindi, emuncayo engabekwa ngaphansi kwamavase nezinye izitsha ukuze kwakhiwe isisekelo semiklamo yezimbali. URita Feldman, umsunguli we-Sustainable Flower Network yase-Australia, wathi: “Sekuyisikhathi eside abathengisi bezimbali nabathengi bebheka leli gwebu eliluhlaza njengomkhiqizo wemvelo.” .
Imikhiqizo yegwebu eliluhlaza ekuqaleni yayingasungulelwa ukuhlelwa kwezimbali, kodwa u-Vernon Smithers waseSmithers-Oasis wagunyaza ukuthi isetshenziswe ngale ndlela ngawo-1950s. UFeldmann uthi i-Oasis Floral Foam yasheshe yaduma kubathengisi bezimbali abangochwepheshe ngoba “ishibhile kakhulu futhi kulula kakhulu ukuyisebenzisa. Uvele usike usivule, usicwilise emanzini, bese usifaka isiqu kuso.” ezitsheni, lezi zitsha kuzoba nzima ukuphatha ngaphandle kwesisekelo esiqinile sezimbali. “Ukwenza kwakhe izimbali kufinyeleleke kalula kubahleli abangenalwazi ababengakwazi ukuthola iziqu zokuhlala lapho befuna khona,” uyanezela.
Nakuba igwebu lembali lenziwa ngama-carcinogens aziwayo njenge-formaldehyde, amanani amancane kuphela ala makhemikhali anobuthi asele emkhiqizweni osuphelile. Inkinga enkulu ngegwebu lezimbali ukuthi kwenzekani uma ulilahla. Igwebu alikwazi ukugaywa kabusha, futhi nakuba libola ngokobuchwepheshe, lihlehla libe yizinhlayiya ezincane ezibizwa ngokuthi ama-microplastics angahlala emvelweni amakhulu eminyaka. Ososayensi baya ngokuya bekhathazeka ngezingozi zempilo kubantu nakwezinye izinto eziphilayo ezibangelwa ama-microplastic emoyeni nasemanzini.
Isibonelo, ucwaningo olwenziwa yi-RMIT University olwanyatheliswa ngo-2019 kwethi Isayensi Yendawo Ephelele lwathola okokuqala ukuthi ama-microplastics kugwebu lezimbali athinta impilo yasemanzini. Abacwaningi bathola ukuthi la ma-microplastics ayingozi ngokomzimba namakhemikhali kuhlu lwezinhlobo zamanzi ahlanzekile nezasolwandle ezidla izinhlayiya.
Olunye ucwaningo lwakamuva olwenziwe ososayensi eHull York Medical School luhlonze ama-microplastics emaphashini omuntu okokuqala ngqa. Imiphumela ibonisa ukuthi ukuhogela ama-microplastics kuwumthombo obalulekile wokuchayeka. Ngaphandle kwegwebu lezimbali, ama-microplastics atholakala emoyeni atholakala emikhiqizweni efana namabhodlela, ukupakisha, izingubo zokugqoka kanye nezimonyo. Kodwa-ke, akucaci kahle ukuthi la ma-microplastics athinta kanjani abantu nezinye izilwane.
Kuze kube yilapho ucwaningo olwengeziwe luthembisa ukucacisa okwengeziwe ngezingozi zegwebu lembali neminye imithombo yamaplastiki amancane, abakhiqizi bezimbali abafana no-Tobey Nelson we-Tobey Nelson Events + Design, LLC bakhathazekile ngokuhogela uthuli olukhiqizwa lapho kusetshenziswa umkhiqizo. Ngenkathi i-Oasis ikhuthaza abadayisi bezimbali ukuthi bagqoke imaski yokuzivikela lapho bephethe imikhiqizo, abaningi abakwenzi. “Ngiyethemba nje ukuthi eminyakeni eyi-10 noma engu-15 abasayibizi ngokuthi i-foamy lung syndrome noma into efana nabasebenzi basezimayini inesifo samaphaphu amnyama,” kusho uNelson.
Ukulahlwa kahle kwegwebu lembali kungahamba ibanga elide ekuvimbeleni ukungcoliswa komoya namanzi kuma-microplastics amaningi nakakhulu. UFeldmann uphawula ukuthi ekuhloleni kwabaklami bezimbali abangochwepheshe okwenziwa i-Sustainable Floristry Network, abangamaphesenti angu-72 alabo abasebenzisa igwebu lezimbali bavuma ukuthi baliphonsa phansi ngemva kokuba izimbali zibunile, futhi abangamaphesenti angu-15 bathi balifake engadini yabo. kanye nomhlabathi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, "i-foam yezimbali ingena endaweni yemvelo ngezindlela ezihlukahlukene: ingcwatshwe namabhokisi, ngokusebenzisa izinhlelo zamanzi kuma-vases, futhi ihlanganiswe nezimbali ezinhlelweni zemfucuza eluhlaza, izingadi kanye nomquba," kusho uFeldman.
Uma udinga ukuvuselela igwebu lembali, ochwepheshe bayavuma ukuthi kungcono kakhulu ukuliphonsa endaweni yokulahla imfucumfucu kunokuliphonsa phansi noma ukulifaka emqubeni noma emfuleni yasegcekeni. UFeldman weluleka ngokuthela amanzi anezicucu zegwebu lembali, “wathele endwangu ewugqinsi, njengomcamelo omdala, ukuze ubambe izicucu eziningi zegwebu ngangokunokwenzeka.”
Abadayisi bezimbali bangase bakhethe ukusebenzisa igwebu lezimbali ngenxa yokujwayela nokusebenziseka kwayo, kusho uNelson. “Yebo, akulula ukukhumbula isikhwama segrosa esiphinde sisetshenziswe emotweni,” usho kanje. "Kepha sonke sidinga ukuqhela emcabangweni wokusebenziseka kalula futhi sibe nekusasa elizinzile lapho sisebenza kanzima futhi sinciphise umthelela wethu emhlabeni." UNelson wengeze ngokuthi abathengisi bezimbali abaningi bangase bangaqapheli ukuthi kukhona izinketho ezingcono.
I-Oasis ngokwayo manje isihlinzeka ngomkhiqizo ovundiswe ngokugcwele obizwa ngeTerraBrick. Umkhiqizo omusha “wenziwa ngemicu yemvelo kakhukhunathi esekelwe ezitshalweni, evuselelekayo, kanye nesihlanganisela esivundisiwe.” Njengegwebu le-Oasis Floral, i-TerraBricks imunca amanzi ukuze igcine izimbali zimanzi ngenkathi igcina ukuqondana kwesiqu sembali. Imikhiqizo yefiber kakhukhunathi ingahlanganiswa ngokuphephile futhi isetshenziswe engadini. Olunye uhlobo olusha yi-Oshun Pouch, edalwe ngo-2020 yi-New Age Floral CEO u-Kirsten VanDyck. Lesi sikhwama sigcwele into evundile evuvukala emanzini futhi ikwazi ukumelana nesifutho esikhulu kunazo zonke, kusho uVanDyck.
Ziningi ezinye izindlela zokusekela ukuhlelwa kwezimbali, okuhlanganisa amaxoxo ezimbali, ukubiyelwa ngocingo, namatshe okuhlobisa noma ubuhlalu kumavazi. Noma ungenza ubuciko ngalokho onakho, njengoba uVanDyck afakazela lapho eklama umklamo wakhe wokuqala ozinzile we-Garden Club. “Esikhundleni segwebu lezimbali, ngasika ikhabe phakathi ngase ngitshala kulo izinyoni ezimbalwa zepharadesi.” I-Watermelon ngokusobala ngeke ihlale isikhathi eside njengegwebu lezimbali, kodwa yilelo phuzu. UVanDyck uthi muhle ngedizayini okufanele ihlale usuku kuphela.
Ngokunye okwengeziwe okutholakalayo kanye nokuqwashisa ngemiphumela emibi yegwebu lembali, kuyacaca ukuthi ukugxumela ku-bandwagon ye-#nofloralfoam kuyinto engenangqondo. Mhlawumbe yingakho, njengoba imboni yezimbali isebenzela ukuthuthukisa ukusimama kwayo kukonke, u-TJ McGrath we-TJ McGrath Design ekholelwa ukuthi “ukuqeda igwebu lezimbali kuyinto ehamba phambili.”
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Feb-03-2023
