UMackenzie Nichols ngumbhali ozimeleyo ogxile kwiindaba zegadi nezolonwabo. Ugxile ekubhaleni ngezityalo ezintsha, iindlela zokulima, amacebiso namaqhinga okulima, iindlela zokuzonwabisa, imibuzo neempendulo neenkokheli kushishino lokuzonwabisa nokulima, kunye neendlela ezikhoyo kuluntu lwanamhlanje. Unamava angaphezu kweminyaka emihlanu ebhala amanqaku kwiimpapasho eziphambili.
Mhlawumbi sele uzibonile ezi zikwere ziluhlaza, ezaziwa ngokuba yi-flower foam okanye i-oases, kwiindlela zokuhombisa iintyatyambo ngaphambili, kwaye kusenokwenzeka ukuba uzisebenzise wena ukugcina iintyatyambo endaweni yazo. Nangona i-flower foam ibikho amashumi eminyaka, izifundo zesayensi zakutshanje zibonise ukuba le mveliso inokuba yingozi kwindalo esingqongileyo. Ngokukodwa, iyaqhekeka ibe zii-microplastics, ezinokungcolisa imithombo yamanzi kwaye zonakalise ubomi basemanzini. Ukongeza, uthuli olune-foam lunokubangela iingxaki zokuphefumla ebantwini. Ngenxa yezi zizathu, imicimbi emikhulu yeentyatyambo efana ne-Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show kunye ne-Slow Flower Summit ziye zasuka kwi-flower foam. Endaweni yoko, abathengisi beentyatyambo bajika ngakumbi kwiindlela zokuhombisa iintyatyambo endaweni yokuhombisa iintyatyambo. Nantsi isizathu sokuba nawe ukwenze, kunye nento onokuyisebenzisa endaweni yokuhombisa iintyatyambo.
Ifoam yeentyatyambo yinto elula, efunxayo enokubekwa ezantsi kweevazi nakwezinye izitya ukuze kwenziwe isiseko seentyatyambo. URita Feldman, umseki weSustainable Flower Network yase-Australia, uthe: “Kangangexesha elide, abathengisi beentyatyambo kunye nabathengi babecinga ukuba le foam eluhlaza ethambileyo yimveliso yendalo.”
Iimveliso zefoam eluhlaza azizange zenziwe ekuqaleni ukuze zilungiswe iintyatyambo, kodwa uVernon Smithers waseSmithers-Oasis wazinika ilungelo lobunikazi ukuze zisetyenziswe ngolu hlobo ngeminyaka yoo-1950. UFeldmann uthi iOasis Floral Foam yakhawuleza yathandwa ngabachwephesha beentyatyambo kuba "ixabiso liphantsi kakhulu kwaye kulula kakhulu ukuyisebenzisa. Uyisika nje, uyifake emanzini, kwaye ufake isiqu kuyo." kwiikhonteyina, ezi zikhonteyina ziya kuba nzima ukuziphatha ngaphandle kwesiseko esiqinileyo seentyatyambo. "Uyilo lwakhe lwenze ukuba ulungiselelo lweentyatyambo lufikeleleke lula kubacwangcisi abangenamava ababengenakukwazi ukufumana izikhondo zokuhlala apho bafuna khona," wongeza.
Nangona i-flower foam yenziwe ngezinto ezibangela umhlaza ezifana ne-formaldehyde, kusala kuphela izixa ezimbalwa zezi khemikhali zinobuthi kwimveliso egqityiweyo. Ingxaki enkulu nge-floral foam yinto eyenzekayo xa uyilahla. I-foam ayiphinde isetyenziswe, kwaye nangona ibola ngokwasemzimbeni, iyaqhekeka ibe ziisuntswana ezincinci ezibizwa ngokuba zii-microplastics ezinokuhlala kwindawo engqongileyo kangangeminyaka engamakhulu. Izazinzulu zixhalabile ngakumbi ngemingcipheko yempilo ebantwini nakwezinye izinto eziphilayo ezibangelwa zii-microplastics emoyeni nasemanzini.
Umzekelo, uphando olwenziwe yiYunivesithi i-RMIT olupapashwe ngo-2019 kwiSayensi yeNdalo ePheleleyo lufumanise okokuqala ukuba ii-microplastics kwi-foam yeentyatyambo zichaphazela ubomi basemanzini. Abaphandi bafumanise ukuba ezi microplastics ziyingozi ngokwasemzimbeni nangokweekhemikhali kuluhlu lweentlobo ngeentlobo zamanzi acocekileyo kunye nezilwanyana zaselwandle ezitya la masuntswana.
Olunye uphando lwakutshanje olwenziwe zizazinzulu kwiSikolo sezonyango saseHull York lufumanise ii-microplastics kwimiphunga yabantu okokuqala. Iziphumo zibonisa ukuba ukuphefumla ii-microplastics ngumthombo obalulekileyo wokuvezwa. Ukongeza kwi-foam yeentyatyambo, ii-microplastics eziphuma emoyeni zikwafumaneka kwiimveliso ezifana neebhotile, ukupakisha, impahla kunye nezinto zokuthambisa. Nangona kunjalo, akucaci kakuhle ukuba ezi microplastics zibachaphazela njani abantu kunye nezinye izilwanyana.
De kube uphando olongezelelweyo luthembisa ukukhanyisa ngakumbi iingozi ze-flower foam kunye neminye imithombo ye-microplastics, abathengisi beentyatyambo abanjengoTobey Nelson weTobey Nelson Events + Design, LLC bakhathazekile ngokuphefumla uthuli oluveliswayo xa besebenzisa imveliso. Nangona i-Oasis ikhuthaza abathengisi beentyatyambo ukuba banxibe iimaski zokuzikhusela xa bephatha iimveliso, uninzi lwabo aluzinxibi. “Ndinethemba lokuba kwiminyaka eli-10 okanye eli-15 abayi kubiza ngokuba yi-foamy lung syndrome okanye into efana nokuba abavukuzi banesifo semiphunga emnyama,” utshilo uNelson.
Ukulahlwa ngokufanelekileyo kwefoam yeentyatyambo kunokunceda kakhulu ekuthinteleni ungcoliseko lomoya namanzi oluvela kwiiplastiki ezincinci nangakumbi. UFeldmann uphawula ukuba kuphando lwabachwephesha beentyatyambo oluqhutywe yiSustainable Floristry Network, ama-72 ekhulwini abo basebenzisa ifoam yeentyatyambo bavumile ukuba bayilahla emseleni emva kokuba iintyatyambo zibunile, kwaye ama-15 ekhulwini bathi bayifakile emyezweni wabo. Ukongeza, "ifoam yeentyatyambo ingena kwindawo yendalo ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo: ingcwatywe neebhokisi, ngokusebenzisa iinkqubo zamanzi kwiivazi, kwaye ixutywe neentyatyambo kwiinkqubo zenkunkuma eluhlaza, iigadi kunye nemigquba," utshilo uFeldman.
Ukuba ufuna ukuphinda usebenzise i-flower foam, iingcali ziyavuma ukuba kungcono kakhulu ukuyilahla kwindawo yokulahla inkunkuma kunokuyilahla kwi-drain okanye ukuyongeza kwi-compost okanye kwinkunkuma yasegadini. UFeldman ucebisa ukugalela amanzi aneenxalenye ze-flower foam, “yigalele kwilaphu elixineneyo, njenge-pillowcase endala, ukuze ubambe iinxalenye ze-foam ezininzi kangangoko kunokwenzeka.”
Abatyali beentyatyambo banokukhetha ukusebenzisa i-foam yeentyatyambo ngenxa yokuqhelana kwayo kunye nokulula kwayo, utshilo uNelson. “Ewe, akulula ukukhumbula ibhegi yokutya ephinda isetyenziswe emotweni,” utshilo. “Kodwa sonke kufuneka sisuke kwindlela yokucinga ngokukhululeka size sibe nekamva elizinzileyo apho sisebenza nzima ngakumbi kwaye sinciphise impembelelo yethu kwiplanethi.” UNelson wongezelela ngelithi uninzi lwabatyali beentyatyambo lusenokungaqondi ukuba kukho iindlela ezingcono.
I-Oasis ngokwayo ngoku inikezela ngemveliso enokugquma ngokupheleleyo ebizwa ngokuba yiTerraBrick. Le mveliso intsha "yenziwe ngeefayibha zekhokhonathi ezisekwe kwizityalo, ezivuselelekayo, zendalo kunye nesihlanganisi esinokugquma." Njenge-Oasis Floral Foam, iTerraBricks ifunxa amanzi ukugcina iintyatyambo zimanzi ngelixa igcina ulungelelwano lwesiqu seentyatyambo. Iimveliso zefayibha yekhokhonathi emva koko zinokugquma ngokukhuselekileyo kwaye zisetyenziswe emyezweni. Olunye uhlobo olutsha yi-Oshun Pouch, eyenziwe ngo-2020 yi-CEO ye-New Age Floral uKirsten VanDyck. Ingxowa izaliswe zizinto ezinokugquma ezidumba emanzini kwaye zinokumelana ne-coffin spray enkulu, utshilo uVanDyck.
Kukho ezinye iindlela ezininzi zokuxhasa ulungiselelo lweentyatyambo, kuquka amasele eentyatyambo, ucingo lwentambo, kunye namatye okuhombisa okanye iintsimbi kwiivazi. Okanye ungenza ubuchule ngento onayo, njengoko uVanDyck wabonakalisa xa wayila uyilo lwakhe lokuqala oluzinzileyo lweGarden Club. “Endaweni yefoam yeentyatyambo, ndinqumle ivatala phakathi ndaza ndatyala iintaka ezimbalwa zeparadesi kuyo.” I-watermelon ngokucacileyo ayizukuhlala ixesha elide njengefoam yeentyatyambo, kodwa yiloo nto ibalulekileyo. UVanDyck uthi ilungile kuyilo olufanele luhlale usuku olunye kuphela.
Njengoko kukho ezinye iindlela ezikhoyo kunye nokwazi ngemiphumo emibi yefoam yentyatyambo, kuyacaca ukuba ukutsiba ibhendi ye-#nofloralfoam akulula. Mhlawumbi yingakho, njengoko ishishini leentyatyambo lisebenza ukuphucula uzinzo lwalo ngokubanzi, uTJ McGrath we-TJ McGrath Design ukholelwa ukuba "ukususa ifoam yentyatyambo yeyona nto iphambili."
Ixesha lokuthumela: Feb-03-2023
