Uphononongo lwakutsha nje eOstreliya luyaqhuba lokuhlubula iilitha zomqhaphu kwiimbewu zekotoni kwaye ziziguqule zibe ziiplastiki ezinokubola.Sonke siyazi ukuba xa i-cotton gins isetyenziselwa ukukrazula i-cotton fibers, inani elikhulu le-cotton lint liveliswa njengenkunkuma, kwaye okwangoku, ininzi ye-cotton lint itshiswa nje okanye ifakwe kwi-landfills.
NgokweDyunivesithi yaseDeakin, uGqirha Maryam Naebe, malunga ne-32 yezigidi zeetoni zomqhaphu ziveliswa minyaka le, kwaye malunga nesithathu sazo siyalahlwa.Amalungu eqela lakhe anethemba lokunciphisa inkunkuma ngelixa enika amafama ekotoni umthombo owongezelelweyo wengeniso kunye nokuvelisa "inye indlela ezinzileyo kwiiplastiki zokwenziwa ezinobungozi".
Ke baphuhlise inkqubo esebenzisa imichiza ehambelana nokusingqongileyo ukunyibilikisa imicu yecotton linter, kwaye emva koko basebenzise isiphumo sepolymer ephilayo ukwenza ifilimu yeplastiki."Xa kuthelekiswa nezinye iimveliso zepetroleum ezifanayo, ifilimu yeplastiki efunyenwe ngale ndlela ingabizi kakhulu," kusho uDkt Naebe.
Uphando luyinxalenye yeprojekthi ekhokelwa ngumviwa we-PhD u-Abu Naser Md Ahsanul Haque kunye nomphandi onxulumene noGqr Rechana Remadevi.Ngoku basebenzela ukusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obufanayo kwinkunkuma yezinto eziphilayo kunye nezixhobo zezityalo ezifana ne-lemongrass, amakhatshu e-almond, iindiza zengqolowa, amaplanga amaplanga kunye nokuchetywa kweenkuni.
Ixesha lokuposa: Sep-12-2022