Yadda kumfa mai fure ke cutar da duniya - da kuma yadda ake maye gurbinsa

Mackenzie Nichols marubuciya ce mai zaman kanta wacce ta ƙware a fannin labaran lambu da nishaɗi. Ta ƙware a rubuce-rubuce game da sabbin shuke-shuke, salon lambu, shawarwari da dabaru na lambu, salon nishaɗi, tambayoyi da amsoshi tare da shugabannin masana'antar nishaɗi da lambu, da kuma salon rayuwa a cikin al'ummar yau. Tana da sama da shekaru 5 na gwaninta a rubuce-rubuce don manyan wallafe-wallafe.
Wataƙila kun taɓa ganin waɗannan murabba'ai masu kore, waɗanda aka sani da kumfa ko oases, a cikin shirye-shiryen furanni a baya, kuma wataƙila kun yi amfani da su da kanku don ajiye furanni a wurinsu. Duk da cewa kumfa na fure ya kasance tsawon shekaru da yawa, binciken kimiyya na baya-bayan nan ya nuna cewa wannan samfurin na iya zama cutarwa ga muhalli. Musamman, yana tarwatsewa zuwa ƙananan filastik, wanda zai iya gurɓata tushen ruwa da cutar da halittun ruwa. Bugu da ƙari, ƙurar kumfa na iya haifar da matsalolin numfashi ga mutane. Saboda waɗannan dalilai, manyan abubuwan da suka faru na furanni kamar Chelsea Flower Show na Royal Horticultural Society da Slow Flower Summit sun ƙaura daga kumfa na fure. Madadin haka, masu furanni suna ƙara komawa ga madadin kumfa na fure don ƙirƙirarsu. Ga dalilin da ya sa ya kamata ku yi shi ma, da abin da za ku iya amfani da shi maimakon shirye-shiryen fure.
Kumfa mai fure abu ne mai sauƙi, mai sha wanda za a iya sanya shi a ƙasan tukunya da sauran tasoshin ruwa don ƙirƙirar tushe don ƙirar furanni. Rita Feldman, wacce ta kafa Cibiyar Kula da Furen Zamani ta Australiya, ta ce: "Na dogon lokaci, masu furanni da masu sayayya sun ɗauki wannan kumfa mai launin kore a matsayin samfurin halitta."
Ba a ƙirƙira samfuran kumfa mai kore don shirya furanni ba, amma Vernon Smithers na Smithers-Oasis ya ba su lasisi don wannan amfani a shekarun 1950. Feldmann ya ce Oasis Floral Foam ya shahara da sauri a tsakanin ƙwararrun masu furanni saboda yana "da arha sosai kuma yana da sauƙin amfani. Kawai ka yanke shi, ka jiƙa shi a cikin ruwa, ka manna shi a cikin kwantena." A cikin kwantena, waɗannan kwantena za su yi wahalar sarrafawa ba tare da tushe mai ƙarfi ga furanni ba. "Ƙirƙirar sa ta sa shirye-shiryen furanni su zama masu sauƙin amfani ga masu shirya furanni waɗanda ba su da ƙwarewa waɗanda ba za su iya samun tushe don zama inda suke so ba," in ji ta.
Duk da cewa kumfa na fure ana yin sa ne daga abubuwan da ke haifar da cutar kansa kamar formaldehyde, amma adadin waɗannan sinadarai masu guba ne kawai ke ragewa a cikin samfurin da aka gama. Babbar matsalar kumfa na fure ita ce abin da ke faruwa idan aka jefar da shi. Kumfa ba za a iya sake amfani da shi ba, kuma duk da cewa a zahiri ana iya sake amfani da shi, a zahiri yana wargajewa zuwa ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta da ake kira microplastics waɗanda za su iya kasancewa a cikin muhalli tsawon ɗaruruwan shekaru. Masana kimiyya suna ƙara damuwa game da haɗarin lafiya ga mutane da sauran halittu da ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta ke haifarwa a cikin iska da ruwa.
Misali, wani bincike da Jami'ar RMIT ta buga a shekarar 2019 a cikin mujallar Science of the Total Environment ya gano a karon farko cewa ƙananan filastik a cikin kumfa na fure suna shafar rayuwar ruwa. Masu binciken sun gano cewa waɗannan ƙananan filastik suna da illa ta jiki da sinadarai ga nau'ikan ruwa da na ruwa da ke cinye ƙwayoyin.
Wani bincike na baya-bayan nan da masana kimiyya suka yi a Makarantar Kiwon Lafiya ta Hull York ya gano ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta a cikin huhun ɗan adam a karon farko. Sakamakon ya nuna cewa shaƙar ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta muhimmin tushen fallasawa ne. Baya ga kumfa na fure, ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta ana samun su a cikin kayayyaki kamar kwalabe, marufi, tufafi da kayan kwalliya. Duk da haka, ba a san ainihin yadda waɗannan ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta ke shafar mutane da sauran dabbobi ba.
Har sai an ci gaba da bincike, za a yi ƙarin haske game da haɗarin kumfa na fure da sauran hanyoyin samar da ƙananan filastik, masu sayar da furanni kamar Tobey Nelson na Tobey Nelson Events + Design, LLC suna damuwa game da shaƙar ƙurar da ake samu lokacin amfani da samfurin. Duk da cewa Oasis yana ƙarfafa masu sayar da furanni su sanya abin rufe fuska yayin amfani da kayayyaki, da yawa ba sa yi. "Ina fatan kawai a cikin shekaru 10 ko 15 ba za su kira shi ciwon huhu mai kumfa ba ko wani abu kamar masu hakar ma'adinai suna da cutar huhu ta baki," in ji Nelson.
Zubar da kumfa mai kyau na iya taimakawa sosai wajen hana gurɓatar iska da ruwa daga ƙarin ƙwayoyin filastik. Feldmann ya lura cewa a cikin wani bincike da ƙwararrun masu furanni suka gudanar wanda Sustainable Floristry Network ta gudanar, kashi 72 cikin 100 na waɗanda ke amfani da kumfa mai fure sun yarda sun jefar da shi a magudanar ruwa bayan furanni sun bushe, kuma kashi 15 cikin 100 sun ce sun ƙara shi a lambunsu da ƙasa. Bugu da ƙari, "kumfa mai fure yana shiga yanayin halitta ta hanyoyi daban-daban: an binne shi da akwatunan gawa, ta hanyar tsarin ruwa a cikin tukwane, kuma an haɗa shi da furanni a cikin tsarin sharar kore, lambuna da takin zamani," in ji Feldman.
Idan kana buƙatar sake amfani da kumfa na fure, masana sun yarda cewa ya fi kyau a jefa shi a cikin shara fiye da jefa shi a cikin magudanar ruwa ko a saka shi a cikin sharar taki ko a cikin sharar gida. Feldman ya ba da shawarar zuba ruwa mai ɗauke da kumfa na fure, "zuba shi a cikin wani mayafi mai yawa, kamar tsohon akwati na matashin kai, don kama kumfa gwargwadon iko."
Nelson ya ce, masu sayar da furanni za su fi son amfani da kumfa mai fure saboda sanin da suke da shi da kuma sauƙin amfani da shi. "Ee, yana da wahala a tuna da jakar kayan abinci da za a iya sake amfani da ita a cikin mota." "Amma duk muna buƙatar mu guji tunanin jin daɗi mu sami makoma mai ɗorewa inda za mu yi aiki tuƙuru da kuma rage tasirinmu a duniya." Nelson ya ƙara da cewa masu sayar da furanni da yawa ba za su fahimci cewa akwai zaɓuɓɓuka mafi kyau ba.
Yanzu haka Oasis da kanta tana ba da cikakken samfurin da za a iya takin zamani mai suna TerraBrick. Sabon samfurin an yi shi ne da zare na kwakwa na halitta da aka yi da shuke-shuke, masu sabuntawa, da kuma abin ɗaurewa na takin zamani. Kamar Oasis Floral Foam, TerraBricks tana shan ruwa don kiyaye furanni danshi yayin da take kula da daidaiton tushen fure. Ana iya yin takin kwakwa cikin aminci kuma a yi amfani da shi a cikin lambu. Wani sabon salo shine Oshun Pouch, wanda shugaban kamfanin New Age Floral Kirsten VanDyck ya ƙirƙira a shekarar 2020. Jakar tana cike da kayan da za a iya takin zamani wanda ke kumbura a cikin ruwa kuma zai iya jure wa mafi girman feshin akwatin gawa, in ji VanDyck.
Akwai wasu hanyoyi da yawa don tallafawa shirye-shiryen furanni, gami da kwaɗin furanni, shingen waya, da duwatsun ado ko beads a cikin tukunya. Ko kuma za ku iya ƙirƙirar abin da kuke da shi, kamar yadda VanDyck ta tabbatar lokacin da ta tsara ƙirarta ta farko mai ɗorewa ga Garden Club. "Maimakon kumfa na fure, na yanke kankana biyu na dasa wasu tsuntsayen aljanna a ciki." Kankana ba zai daɗe kamar kumfa na fure ba, amma wannan shine ma'anar. VanDyck ta ce yana da kyau ga ƙirar da ya kamata ta daɗe kwana ɗaya kawai.
Da yake akwai ƙarin zaɓuɓɓuka da kuma sanin illolin kumfa na fure, a bayyane yake cewa tsalle kan #nofloralfoam ba abu ne mai sauƙi ba. Wataƙila shi ya sa, yayin da masana'antar fure ke aiki don inganta dorewarta gabaɗaya, TJ McGrath na TJ McGrath Design ya yi imanin cewa "kawar da kumfa na fure babban fifiko ne."


Lokacin Saƙo: Fabrairu-03-2023