Namhlanje, umhla we-8 kaJuni, uSuku lweLwandle lweHlabathi lubhiyozelwa. Olu suku luyinxalenye yesicwangciso-qhinga esiphakanyiswe yi-UN ukusukela ngo-2009 ukukhusela oovimba ababalulekileyo emhlabeni, olikhaya leentlobo zobomi ezingaphezulu kwama-210.000, kwaye ingumthombo wengeniso.
Kubonakala ngathi lo mbandela awunanto yakwenza ngqo neenqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa, nangona kunjalo, iinkampani zenza iinzame ezinkulu zokuziqhelanisa neenqanawa zazo kwimigaqo kunye nokukhusela obu buncwane. Olunye lwale minikelo ibe yile I-Carnival Foundation, ye-2,5 yezigidi zeedola kwiminyaka emihlanu, eli xesha laqala ngo-2014, kwi-NGO ye-Nature Conservancy.
I-Carnival yamazwe aphesheya, yeyona nkampani inkulu kwezolonwabo emhlabeni, iphumeza iinjongo zayo zokuzinza zowama-2020 kwimigca eli-10 yokuhamba ngenqanawa.
Ngalo mnikelo i-NGO Ulondolozo lweNdalo luya kwenza imisebenzi eyahlukeneyo yolondolozo, Ukufezekisa ukhuseleko olwandisiweyo kwimimandla yaselwandle, iimali zentembeko ziya kusekwa kumazwe asixhenxe kwiCaribbean, kwaye kuyakwenziwa iatlasi ye-intanethi yocwangciso lomgangatho wolwandle.
Ngo-2016, umxholo owawukhethelwe olu Suku lweeLwandle lweHlabathi uthi: Iilwandle ezisempilweni, iplanethi esempilweni. Okwangoku iilwandle ziwohloka ngesantya esikhawulezayo ngenxa yongcoliseko nokusetyenziswa gwenxa. Ungcoliseko lweplastikhi sesinye sezisongelo esinzulu, kunye nenyani, echaphazela iilwandle, kuba ziwathoba kancinci kwaye iziphumo zawo zihlala ixesha elide. Ngokwezinye iimpapasho zemibutho yezendalo kunye namaziko, iindawo ezingaselunxwemeni eFrance, eSpain nase-Itali ziphakathi kwezona zingcolileyo emhlabeni. Ngo-2007 iGreenpeace ikhankanye uLwandle lweMeditera njengolona lunezona hydrocarbon zininzi kunye neplastiki.
Eminye imiba yokuthotywa isidima nokonakala kukuloba ngokungekho mthethweni, ungcoliseko lwaselwandle kunye nokonakaliswa kweendawo zokuhlala.