ʻO ka plastik i ka wai, ka plastik i ka lewa, ka plastik ma nā wahi a pau!

ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻoiai ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike i ka nui o ka pōʻino. Loaʻa nā ʻāpana palaki ma kahi kokoke i ka wai hue wai - a me ka wai kīwī pū kekahi, ʻoiai he hapalua wale nō ia.

ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻāpana i loko o ka wai ʻōmole he polypropylene, ka mea i hoʻohana ʻia i loko o nā poʻo o ka hue a manaʻo ʻia he palekana i ka meaʻai (ʻo ia hoʻi, hiki ke hoʻohana palekana ʻia i ka ʻeke meaʻai). Eia nō naʻe, hiki i nā ʻāpana microscopic ke loaʻa i nā mea haumia ʻē aʻe a i ʻole bacteria.

Loaʻa nā ʻāpana plastik liʻiliʻi ma nā wahi āpau i kēia manawa.

Hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi mīkini holoi lole maʻamau i 700 mau ʻāpana lole, a ua ʻike ʻia ma kahi noiʻi ma Paris, he 000 mau tona o nā ʻāpana plastik e noho ana mai ka lewa i kēlā me kēia makahiki.