Unyaka ka-2020 ibingunyaka onzima kuye wonke umntu kwihlabathi liphela. E-China, abantu abaninzi ngakumbi babesetyenziselwa ukuhlala ezindlini, kodwa le mithungo ayinayo impembelelo enkulu kwi-aluminium enokuthi ifune. Okwangoku, i-aluminiyam inabasebenzisi abasusela kwiimveliso zobuchwephesha ukuya kubavelisi besiselo esithambileyo behlabathi bebenobunzima bokufumana iinkonkxa ukuze bahlangabezane nemfuno eyandayo yeemveliso zabo ukuphendula ubhubhane.

Inani lethu lentengiso yeetoti ze-aluminium ezithunyelwa ngaphandle ngo-2020 zifikelela200 yezigidi ngokupheleleyo, eyi-47% ephezulu kunonyaka wama-2019. Nangona ixabiso lokuthunyelwa kwempahla liphezulu kakhulu kunangaphambili, imfuno yokuthengisa kumazwe angaphandle beyisakhawuleziswa. Abavelisi behlabathi jikelele basebenza nzima ukongeza umthamo wokuhlangabezana nemfuno ekhulayo.

Kutheni le nto i-aluminiyam inokufunwa ngokunyuka kweli xesha linzima? Kule mihla, amazwe amaninzi anika ingqwalasela enkulu kwimo engqongileyo kunye nendlela yokuhlaziya uqoqosho.

Iitoti zeAluminiyam zezona phakheji zesiselo zizinzileyo kuwo wonke umlinganiselo. Xa kuthelekiswa neplastiki kunye neglasi, i-aluminiyam inokuphinda isetyenziswe kwaye ipesenti ephezulu yomxholo osetyenzisiweyo iqhuba inkqubo yokuhlaziya igalelo ekuthandeni kwayo. Iitoti ze-aluminiyam zinezinga eliphezulu lokurisayikilisha kunye nomxholo ohlaziyiweyo ngakumbi kuneentlobo zephakheji ezikhuphisanayo. Zikhaphukhaphu, ziyabekeka kwaye zomelele, zivumela iibrendi ukuba zipakishe kwaye zithuthe iziselo ezininzi zisebenzisa imathiriyeli encinci. Kwaye iinkonkxa ze-aluminiyam zixabiseke kakhulu kuneglasi okanye iplastiki, nto leyo enceda ukuba iinkqubo zikamasipala zokurisayikilisha zisebenze ngokwezimali kwaye zibonelele ngenkxaso-mali ngokusebenzayo ukurisayikilishwa kwemathiriyeli engabalulekanga kangako emgqomeni.

Uninzi lwazo zonke, iinkonkxa ze-aluminiyam ziyarisayikilishwa ngokuphindaphindiweyo kwinkqubo yokwenene yokuphinda isetyenziswe "i-loop evaliweyo". Iglasi kunye neplastiki ngokuqhelekileyo "zihamba phantsi-ibhayisekile" kwiimveliso ezifana nefayibha yekhaphethi okanye ilina yokulahla inkunkuma.

Ngo-2021, intengiso kunye nemfuno isenokuqhubeka ikhula, ngokweemeko zemfuno ze-aluminiyam yehlabathi jikelele. Ngapha koko, i-aluminiyam inokuba likamva lokupakisha isiselo.