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I-tweet yakamuva kaSarah Duggers waseLondon idale impikiswano eshubile phakathi kwabathengi ngemuva kokwabelana ngesithombe sikagalikhi ohlutshiwe opakishwe emabhodweni epulasitiki athengiswa e-Waitrose. Okuthunyelwe kudonse ukunakwa okubalulekile, abanye bagxeka ukusetshenziswa kwamaphakeji epulasitiki womkhiqizo ongathengiswa kalula ngaphandle kwawo, kuyilapho abanye bewuvikela njengesixazululo esiwusizo kubantu abanezinkinga zekhono elihle lezimoto noma isifo samathambo. Lesi sihloko sicubungula ukuthuthukiswa kwalo mkhiqizo ohlukanisayo futhi sihlola imiphumela yokukhetha okunjalo endaweni ezungezile nakubantu abahlukene.
U-Waitrose, uchungechunge lwesuphamakethe oludumile, wethula umkhiqizo oshiye abathengi abaningi behlukene - ugalikhi ohlutshiwe ezimbizeni zepulasitiki ngazinye. Ngokwesiko, u-garlic uthengiswa njengama-bulb noma ama-clove avulekile, okuvumela amakhasimende ukuthi akhethe futhi asebenzise njengoba kudingeka. Kodwa-ke, ukunikezwa okusha kukagalikhi ohlutshiwe ngaphambili kwafika emaphaketheni epulasitiki, okuphakamisa ukukhathazeka ngesidingo sakho nomthelela wemvelo.
Isizathu salokhu kuthuthukiswa singase sibe nenhloso enhle, njengoba ihlose ukuhlinzeka kalula kubathengi abangase babe nobunzima bokuxebula ugalikhi ngenxa yobuciko obulinganiselwe noma izinselele zokuhamba ezibangelwa ukukhubazeka noma izimo ezifana nesifo samathambo. Kubantu abanjalo, ama-clove ahlutshiwe ngaphambili angaba yisixazululo esiwusizo, esibenza bakwazi ukugcina ukuzimela kwabo ekhishini.
Ukwethulwa kukagalikhi ohlutshiwe ngaphambili ezimbizeni zepulasitiki, nakuba kungase kuzuzise kwabanye, kuphakamisa ukukhathazeka okukhulu kwemvelo. Ukupakishwa kwepulasitiki kudala kugxekwa ngomthelela ongemuhle emhlabeni. Ukusetshenziswa ngokweqile kwepulasitiki esetshenziswa kanye kuphela kunomthelela ekungcoleni, ekulimaleni izilwane zasendle, kanye nomthwalo ohlale ukhula ezindaweni zokulahla imfucumfucu nolwandle.
Izazi zemvelo zithi ezinye izinto ezingasetshenziswa esikhundleni sokupakishwa kwepulasitiki, njengeziqukathi ezisebenziseka kabusha noma ezinye izinto ezisimeme, zingabhekwa ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nezidingo zabantu abanezinkinga zamakhono emoto ngaphandle kokulimaza imvelo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abanye abathengi bayangabaza isidingo sokupakishwa okunjalo lapho eminye imikhiqizo kagalikhi, efana negalikhi eqoshwe ngaphambili noma ehlanzekile, isivele ikhona emakethe, ihlinzeka ngendlela efanayo ngaphandle kwemfucumfucu yepulasitiki eyeqile.
Ingxabano emayelana nokuthengiswa kukagalikhi ohlutshiwe emabhodweni epulasitiki 'angenasidingo' e-Waitrose igqamisa ibhalansi eyinkimbinkimbi phakathi kokusebenziseka kalula kwabantu abakhubazekile abahlukene kanye nesibopho semvelo. Ngenkathi amanye amakhasimende ekwazisa ukusebenza okukunikezayo, amanye agcizelela ukubaluleka kokuhlola ezinye izindlela ezilungele imvelo. Njengoba izingxoxo ezinjengalezi ziqhubeka, kuba semqoka ukuthi amabhizinisi kanye nabathengi ngokufanayo bacabangele umthelela wesikhathi eside wezinketho zabo emphakathini nasemvelweni. Kuphela ngokusebenzisa indlela ecabangelayo nesebenzisanayo lapho singakwazi khona ukuthola ibhalansi eqinisekisa ukufinyeleleka ngaphandle kokufaka engozini impilo yeplanethi yethu.