Ijuba laseFrance elidada umgama omde lingena kwiGreat Pacific Garbage Patch ukubonisa ukungalunganga-kunye nokukhulu-kuchaphazela ukusetyenziswa kweeplastiki kunye nongcoliseko.

Kwangoko kulo nyaka, u-Ben Lecomte wehobe wangena kwi-vortex yenkunkuma, edlula ngaphezulu kwe-350 yeekhilomitha zenkunkuma yolwandle kunye neqela labaphandi. Ukusukela embindini kaJuni kude kube sekupheleni kuka-Agasti, uLecomte wadada esuka eHawaii esiya eSan Francisco ukuza kuthathela ingqalelo isixa esikhulu senkunkuma edada elwandle.

IBarge Pacific Garbage Barge iphindwe kathathu kubukhulu beFrance.

U-Lecomte wayenethemba lokuba ngokubonisa abantu umbono wokuqubha wale ndawo, bangayiqonda ngcono eyona nto iphoselwa elwandle, ukucacisa CNN iitoni zemicroplastic zenze ukuqubha elwandle kubonakala ngathi 'zijonga phezulu esibhakabhakeni ngemini yekhephu- kodwa ngasemva.'

Ngokwe-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , microplastics engaphantsi kweemilimitha ezintlanu, malunga nobungakanani bembewu yesesame.

U-Lecomte wayenemaski e-snorkeling kwaye wakwazi ukuphepha ngokulula iibhloko zeplastiki. Kodwa wathi woyisiwe sisixa seplastikhi edadayo ePacific. 'Eyona nto ingathandekiyo yayijongana nesi sihelegu mihla le,' utshilo.

Ngelixa uLecomte ebelindele iiplastikhi ezidadayo ezinje ngeebrashi zamazinyo, iithoyi, iingxowa kunye neebhasikithi, wothuswa kakhulu sisixa semicroplastics-bade bangena ngaphakathi kwimizimba yeentlanzi.

Ezinye zezi microplastics zivela kwimpahla esiyinxiba mihla le. Kwezinye iingqikelelo, malunga neepesenti ezingama-60 zeempahla ezenziweyo namhlanje zenziwe ngeempahla ezenziwe ngeplastiki. Xa ezi ndwangu zichithakele, iincinci zeplastiki ziyakhukuliseka, ngamanye amaxesha kunikezelo lwamanzi kwaye zondliwe kulwandle lwethu.

Abaphengululi bezolwandle basebenzisa iisampulu zokudada kukaLecomte ukuzama ukwenza iindlela zokufumana imicroplastics elwandle, kwaye ngethemba lokudala ulwandle olucocekileyo lokuqubha kwixesha elizayo.