Ua ʻike ʻia ma kahi noiʻi ma ke kaona kuaʻāina ʻo Goondiwindi Queensland ma Australia he mea maikaʻi ka pulupulu i haehae ʻia i hana ʻia i nā mahina ʻai pulupulu no ka lepo me ka ʻole o ka hopena maikaʻi ʻole. A hiki ke hāʻawi i nā waiwai i ke olakino o ka lepo, a me kahi hopena hiki ke hoʻonui ʻia i ke kūlana nui o ka ʻōpala lole honua.
ʻO kahi hoʻāʻo ʻana he 12 mahina ma kahi papahana mahi pulupulu, ma lalo o ka nānā ʻana a nā loea hoʻokele waiwai pōʻai ʻo Coreo, he hana hui pū ʻana ma waena o ke Aupuni Queensland, ʻo Goondiwindi Cotton, Sheridan, Cotton Australia, Worn Up, a me Cotton Research and Development Corporation i kākoʻo i ka ʻepekema lepo ʻo Kauka Oliver Knox o UNE.
Ma kahi o 2 tona o nā lole pulupulu pau-o-ke-ola mai Sheridan a me nā lole komo o ka State Emergency Service i lawelawe ʻia ma Worn Up ma Sydney, lawe ʻia i ka mahiʻai 'Alcheringa', a hoʻolaha ʻia ma kahi māla pulupulu e ka mahiʻai kūloko, ʻo Sam Coulton.
Ua hōʻike nā hopena o ka hoʻokolohua e hiki ke kūpono kēlā ʻōpala no nā mahina ʻai pulupulu kahi i ʻohi ʻia ai lākou, ma kahi o ka hoʻolei ʻana i ka ʻōpala, akā naʻe, e hana hou nā hoa papahana i kā lākou hana i ka wā pulupulu 2022-23 e hōʻoia i kēia mau ʻike mua.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Oliver Knox, UNE (i kākoʻo ʻia e ka Cotton Research and Development Corporation) a me kahi ʻepekema lepo i kākoʻo ʻia e ka ʻoihana pulupulu, "Ma ka liʻiliʻi loa ua hōʻike ka hoʻokolohua ʻaʻole i hana ʻia kahi pōʻino i ke olakino o ka lepo, me ka hoʻonui iki ʻana o ka hana microbial a ma ka liʻiliʻi he 2,070 kg o nā carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e) i hōʻemi ʻia ma o ka haki ʻana o kēia mau lole i ka lepo ma mua o ka landfill."
"Ua hoʻohuli ka hoʻokolohua ma kahi o ʻelua tona o ka ʻōpala lole mai ka ʻōpala me ka ʻole o ka hopena maikaʻi ʻole i ke kanu ʻana i ka pulupulu, ka ulu ʻana, ka ulu ʻana, a i ʻole ka ʻohi ʻana. Ua paʻa nā pae kalapona o ka lepo, a ua pane maikaʻi nā pepeke o ka lepo i ka mea pulupulu i hoʻohui ʻia. ʻIke ʻia hoʻi ʻaʻohe hopena maikaʻi ʻole mai nā kala a me nā mea hoʻopau ʻoiai pono nā hoʻāʻo hou aʻe ma kahi ākea o nā kemika e maopopo loa ai kēlā," wahi a Knox.
Wahi a Sam Coulton, ua "moni" maʻalahi kekahi mahiʻai kūloko i ka pulupulu i haehae ʻia, e hāʻawi ana iā ia i ka hilinaʻi he hiki ke hana i kēia ʻano hana hoʻomake lepo i ka wā lōʻihi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sam Coulton, "Ua hoʻolaha mākou i ka ʻōpala lole pulupulu i kekahi mau mahina ma mua o ke kanu ʻana i ka pulupulu i Iune 2021 a i Ianuali a me ka waena o ke kau ua aneane nalowale nā ʻōpala pulupulu, ʻoiai ma ka nui o 50 tons i ka heketa."
"ʻAʻole au e manaʻo e ʻike i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke olakino o ka lepo a i ʻole ka hua no ka liʻiliʻi he ʻelima mau makahiki no ka mea pono nā pono e hōʻiliʻili i ka manawa, akā ua paipai nui ʻia au ʻaʻohe hopena maikaʻi ʻole ma ko mākou lepo. I ka wā ma mua, ua hoʻolaha mākou i ka ʻōpala pulupulu gin ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka mahiʻai a ua ʻike i nā hoʻomaikaʻi nui i ka hiki ke paʻa i ka makū ma kēia mau mahina ʻai, no laila e manaʻo like mākou me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻōpala pulupulu i haehae ʻia," wahi a Coulton.
E hoʻoikaika hou aku ka hui papahana ʻAukekulelia i kā lākou hana e ʻike i nā ala maikaʻi loa e hana pū ai. A ua hoʻolaʻa ʻia ka Cotton Research and Development Corporation i ke kālā ʻana i kahi papahana noiʻi composting lole pulupulu ʻekolu makahiki e ke Kulanui o Newcastle e ʻimi pū ana i ka hopena o nā kala a me nā hoʻopau a ʻimi i nā ala e pelletize ai i nā lole pulupulu i hiki ke hoʻolaha ʻia ma nā mahina ʻai me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mīkini mahiʻai o kēia manawa.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Iulai-27-2022