Ua ʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi ma ke kūlanakauhale kuaʻāina ʻo Goondiwindi Queensland ma Australia i ka ʻohi ʻia ʻana o ka pulupulu i hana ʻia i ka ʻōpala lole i nā māla pulupulu e pono ai ka lepo me ka ʻole o ka hopena ʻino.A hiki ke hāʻawi i nā waiwai i ke olakino lepo, a me kahi hopena scalable i ke kūlana ʻōpala textile honua nui.

He 12 mau mahina hoʻāʻo ma kahi pāhana mahiʻai pulupulu, ma lalo o ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana o nā loea hoʻokele waiwai pōʻai ʻo Coreo, he hui pū ʻana ma waena o ke Aupuni Queensland, Goondiwindi Cotton, Sheridan, Cotton Australia, Worn Up, a me Cotton Research and Development Corporation i kākoʻo i ka ʻepekema lepo ʻo Dr Oliver. Knox o UNE.

Ma kahi o 2 mau tona o ka pauku pulupulu lole mai Sheridan a me State Emergency Service i lawelaweia ma Worn Up ma Sydney, laweia aku i ka mahi'ai 'Alcheringa', a hohola ia ma ka mahinaai pulupulu e Sam Coulton.

ʻO nā hopena o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hiki ke kūpono i nā māla pulupulu kahi i hōʻiliʻili ʻia ai lākou ma mua o ka ʻāina, akā naʻe e hana hou nā hoa hana i kā lākou hana i ka wā pulupulu 2022-23 e hōʻoia i kēia mau ʻike mua.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dr Oliver Knox, UNE (kākoʻo ʻia e ka Cotton Research and Development Corporation) a me kahi ʻoihana pulupulu i kākoʻo i ka ʻepekema lepo, "Ma ka liʻiliʻi loa ua hōʻike ka hoʻokolokolo ʻaʻole i hana ʻino ʻia i ke olakino lepo, me ka hoʻonui iki ʻana o ka hana microbial a ma kahi o 2,070. kg o carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) i hoʻemi ʻia ma o ka haki ʻana o kēia mau lole i loko o ka lepo ma mua o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana.

“Ua hoʻohuli ʻia ka hoʻāʻo ʻana ma kahi o ʻelua mau tone o ka ʻōpala textile mai ka pae ʻāina me ka hopena maikaʻi ʻole i ke kanu ʻana i ka pulupulu, ka puka ʻana, ka ulu ʻana, a i ʻole ka ʻohi ʻana.Ua kūpaʻa ka pae kalapona lepo, a ua pane maikaʻi nā ʻōpala o ka lepo i ka mea pulupulu i hoʻohui ʻia.ʻAʻohe mea i ʻike ʻia ʻaʻohe hopena maikaʻi ʻole mai nā dyes a me ka hoʻopau ʻana ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana ma kahi ākea o nā kemika e maopopo pono ai i kēlā, "wahi a Knox.

Wahi a Sam Coulton, 'ale maʻalahi ka māla pulupulu kanaka mahiʻai i ka pulupulu i ʻoki ʻia, me ka hilinaʻi iā ia he hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kēia ʻano hana compost.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sam Coulton, "Ua hoʻolaha mākou i ka ʻōpala pulupulu i kekahi mau mahina ma mua o ke kanu ʻana i ka pulupulu i Iune 2021 a ma Ianuali a me ka waena o ke kau ua nalowale ka ʻōpala pulupulu, ʻoiai ma ka helu o 50 tons i ka ʻeka."

"ʻAʻole wau e manaʻo e ʻike i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke olakino lepo a i ʻole ka hua ʻana no ka liʻiliʻi o ʻelima mau makahiki no ka mea pono ka manawa e hōʻiliʻili ai nā pōmaikaʻi, akā ua paipai nui wau ʻaʻohe hopena pōʻino i kā mākou lepo.I ka wā ma mua, ua hoʻolaha mākou i ka ʻōpala pulupulu ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka mahiʻai a ua ʻike mākou i ka hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻana i ka hiki ke paʻa i ka wai ma kēia mau māla no laila e manaʻo ʻia e like me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻōpala pulupulu i ʻoki ʻia," wahi a Coulton.

E hoʻonui hou aku ka hui papahana Australia i kā lākou hana e ʻike i nā ala maikaʻi loa e hui pū ai.A ua hoʻolaʻa ʻia ka Cotton Research and Development Corporation i ke kākoʻo ʻana i kahi papahana noiʻi ʻekolu makahiki o ka pulupulu composting e ke Kulanui o Newcastle e ʻimi hou i ka hopena o nā mea pena a me ka hoʻopau ʻana a e ʻimi i nā ala e pelletize i nā lole pulupulu i hiki ke hoʻolaha ʻia ma nā kula me ka hoʻohana ʻana. mīkini mahiʻai o kēia manawa.