Ngokwenhlangano yaseMelika engenzi nzuzo iPlastic Oceans International, amathani epulasitiki angaphezu kwezigidi eziyishumi alahlwa olwandle minyaka yonke. NgokweNational Geographic, ipulasitiki ingathatha iminyaka engaphezu kuka-10 ukubola. Kusukela maphakathi nawo-400s, 1900 wamathani we-metric wepulasitiki akhiqizwa emhlabeni wonke. Indlela yokulahla imfucuza yepulasitiki engaka? Lo mbuzo usuneminyaka udida ososayensi.
I-BioLogiQ, selokhu yasungulwa ngo-2011, isebenzele ukwakha imikhiqizo yepulasitiki evumelana nemvelo ngezinto ezivuselelekayo. “[…] Saqala ukwenza upulasitiki ngodoti wamazambane, ikakhulukazi ngesitashi,” isikhulu esiphezulu seBioLogiQ uStephen Sherman usanda kutshela i-Idaho Statesman.
Amapulasitiki endabuko akhiwe ngama-polymers, izinto ezenziwe ngama-molecule amakhulu aziphindaphinda ngokuphindaphindiwe, njenge-polyethylene ne-polystyrene. Lawa ma-polymer angathatha amakhulu eminyaka ukubola.
I-BioLogiQ isebenzisa “ubuchwepheshe be-iQ” yayo siqu, obuhlanganisa ukusetshenziswa kwezithasiselo ezifana namazambane kanye nesitashi sombila noma i-glycerin eyenzeka ngokwemvelo etholakala emafutheni emifino namafutha ezilwane ekukhiqizeni amapulasitiki.
Ipulasitiki ewumphumela ibola ngokushesha ngoba kulula kakhulu kuma-microorganisms ukudiliza izinto ezifana nesitashi ne-glycerin.