I-polyester kunye ne-nylon zezona zinto zisetyenziswa kakhulu kwishishini lemfashini, ingakumbi kwicandelo leempahla zemidlalo. Nangona kunjalo, zikwayenye yezona zinto zimbi kakhulu ngokweendleko zokusingqongileyo. Ngaba iteknoloji yokongeza ingasombulula le ngxaki?
Uphawu lweDefinite Articles lwasungulwa nguAaron Sanandres, umseki kunye ne-CEO yenkampani yeehempe i-Untuckit. Lwaqaliswa kwinyanga ephelileyo ngenjongo: ukudala ingqokelela yeempahla zemidlalo ezihlala ixesha elide ukusuka kwiikawusi. Ilaphu leekawusi lenziwe nge-51% yenylon ehlala ixesha elide, i-23% ye-BCI cotton, i-23% ye-polyester ehlaziyiweyo ehlala ixesha elide kunye ne-3% ye-spandex. Lwenziwe nge-Ciclo granular additives, ezinika iipropati ezikhethekileyo: isantya sazo sokuwohloka singokwemvelo njengendalo. Izinto ziyafana emanzini olwandle, kwizityalo zonyango lwamanzi amdaka nakwiindawo zokulahla inkunkuma, kunye neefayibha ezifana noboya.
Ngexesha lobhubhane, umsunguli waphawula ukuba wayenxiba iikawusi zemidlalo ngesantya esoyikisayo. Ngokusekelwe kumava akhe e-Untuckit, inkampani ibhiyozele iminyaka elishumi kwimarike kwinyanga ephelileyo kwaye iSanandres yatshintshelwa kwenye uphawu olunesiseko sozinzo. “Ukuba ucinga nge-equation yozinzo, i-carbon footprint iyinxalenye yalo, kodwa ungcoliseko lokusingqongileyo luyinxalenye yalo,” utshilo. “Kwimbali, iimpahla zokusebenza bezimbi kakhulu kwindalo esingqongileyo ngenxa yokuvuza kweeplastiki kunye neeplastiki ezincinci emanzini xa kuhlamba iimpahla. Ngaphezu koko, ekuhambeni kwexesha, kuya kuthatha amakhulu eminyaka ukuba i-polyester kunye ne-nylon zibole.”
Esinye sezizathu eziphambili zokuba iiplastiki zingonakali ngesantya esifanayo neefayibha zendalo kukuba azinaso isakhiwo semolekyuli esivulekileyo. Nangona kunjalo, ngezongezo zeCiclo, izigidi zamabala anokubola ziyaveliswa kwisakhiwo seplastiki. Iintsholongwane ezikhoyo ngokwendalo phantsi kwezi meko zingasentla zinokubolisa iifayibha, njengefayibha zendalo. Njengoko kuchaziwe kwiwebhusayithi yayo, iDefinite Articles ifake isicelo sesatifikethi seB Corp. Ijolise ekugcineni imveliso yasekuhlaleni ngekhonkco lokubonelela elikwiMntla Melika kuphela kunye nokusetyenziswa kwemigaqo yokuziphatha yababoneleli.
UAndrea Ferris, umseki-qela wenkampani yezongezo zeplastiki iCiclo, ebesebenza kule teknoloji kangangeminyaka eli-10. “Ii-microbes ezihlala kwindawo apho iplastiki yeyona nto ingcolisayo ziya kutsalwa kuba ngokuyintloko zingumthombo wokutya. Zinokwakha izinto ezisebenzayo kwizinto kwaye zibole ngokupheleleyo. Xa ndisithi ukubola, oko ndikutshoyo Kukubola kwezinto eziphilayo; zinokuqhekeza isakhiwo semolekyuli yepolyester, emva koko zigaye iimolekyuli kwaye zibole ngokwenene izinto.”
Iifayibha ezenziweyo zezinye zeengxaki ezinkulu eli shishini elizama ukuzisombulula kwimpembelelo yalo kwindalo esingqongileyo. Ngokwengxelo evela kwiSustainable Solutions Accelerator Changing Markets ngoJulayi 2021, kuya kuba nzima ngakumbi kwiimpawu zefashoni ukuba zisuse ukuxhomekeka kwazo kwiifayibha ezenziweyo. Ingxelo ihlola iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zeempawu, ukusuka kwiGucci ukuya kwiimpawu zodidi oluphezulu ezifana neZalando kunye neForever 21. Ngokuphathelele iimpahla zemidlalo, uninzi lweemveliso zemidlalo ezihlalutyiweyo kwingxelo—kubandakanya iAdidas, iASICS, iNike, kunye neReebok—zibike ukuba uninzi lweengqokelela zazo zisekelwe kwizinto ezenziweyo. Ingxelo ithi “azikhange zibonise ukuba ziceba ukunciphisa le meko.” Nangona kunjalo, ukwamkelwa ngokubanzi kophuhliso lwezinto kunye nokuvuleleka kwintsha ngexesha lobhubhane kunokuqhuba imakethi yempahla yezemidlalo ukuba ityale imali kwizisombululo kwiingxaki zayo zefayibha ezenziweyo.
I-Ciclo ibikade isebenza neebhrendi eziquka iCone Denim, uphawu lwe-denim yendabuko, kwaye isebenza nzima ukwandisa imakethi yelaphu. Nangona kunjalo, nokuba uvavanyo lwesayensi lubonelelwe kwiwebhusayithi yayo, inkqubela phambili iye yacotha. “Sasungula iCiclo kwishishini lelaphu kungekudala ehlotyeni lowama-2017,” utshilo uFerris. “Ukuba ucinga ukuba netekhnoloji evavanyiweyo ngokupheleleyo ithatha iminyaka ukuphunyezwa kwikhonkco lokubonelela, akumangalisi ukuba ithatha ixesha elide kangaka. Nokuba yitekhnoloji eyaziwayo, wonke umntu ndiyaneliseka, kodwa kuya kuthatha iminyaka eliqela ukungena kwikhonkco lokubonelela.” Ngaphezu koko, izongezo zinokungeniswa kuphela ekuqaleni kwekhonkco lokubonelela, okunzima ukulisebenzisa ngomlinganiselo omkhulu.
Nangona kunjalo, inkqubela yenziwe ngokuqokelelwa kweempawu kuquka neDefinite Articles. Kwelinye icala, iDefinite Articles iza kwandisa iimveliso zayo zokunxiba ezisebenzayo kunyaka ozayo. Kwingxelo yeSynthetics Anonymous, uphawu lwezemidlalo iPuma lukwathe luyaqonda ukuba izinto zokwenziwa zithatha isiqingatha sezinto zalo zelaphu zizonke. Lusebenza ukunciphisa kancinci umlinganiselo wepolyester oluyisebenzisayo, nto leyo ebonisa ukuba iimpahla zemidlalo zinokunciphisa ukuxhomekeka kwazo kwizinto zokwenziwa. Oku kunokubhengeza utshintsho kushishino.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Disemba-30-2021