Ho ea ka mokhatlo oa Amerika o sa etseng phaello oa Plastic Oceans International, lithane tse fetang limilione tse 10 tsa polasetiki li lahleloa ka leoatleng selemo se seng le se seng. Ho latela National Geographic, polasetiki e ka nka lilemo tse fetang 400 ho bola. Ho tloha bohareng ba lilemo tsa bo-1900, lithane tse limilione tse likete tse 8,3 tsa polasetiki li hlahisitsoe lefatšeng ka bophara. Joang ho lahla litšila tse ngata hakaale tsa polasetiki? Potso ena e ’nile ea tsietsa bo-rasaense ka lilemo tse ngata.
BioLogiQ, ho tloha ha e thehoa ka 2011, e sebelitse ho theha lihlahisoa tsa polasetiki tse sa silafatsang tikoloho ka thepa e ka nchafatsoang. “[...] Re qalile ho etsa polasetiki ka litšila tsa litapole, haholo-holo ka starch," CEO oa BioLogiQ Stephen Sherman o sa tsoa bolella Idaho Statesman.
Li-plastiki tsa setso li entsoe ka li-polymers, lintho tse entsoeng ka limolek'hule tse kholo tse iphetang khafetsa, tse kang polyethylene le polystyrene. Li-polymer tsena li ka nka makholo a lilemo ho bola.
BioLogiQ e sebelisa "theknoloji ea iQ" ea eona, e kenyelletsang tšebeliso ea li-additives tse kang litapole le starch ea poone kapa glycerin ea tlhaho e tsoang ho oli ea meroho le mafura a liphoofolo ha ho etsoa polasetiki.
Plastiki e hlahisoang e senyeha ka potlako hobane ho bonolo haholo hore likokoana-hloko li pshatle lintho tse kang starch le glycerin.