A cewar wata kungiya mai zaman kanta ta Amurka Plastic Oceans International, sama da tan miliyan 10 na robobi ne ake jibgewa cikin teku a duk shekara. A cewar National Geographic, filastik na iya ɗaukar fiye da shekaru 400 don rubewa. Tun tsakiyar shekarun 1900, duniya ta samar da tan biliyan 8,3 na filastik. Yaya za a zubar da sharar filastik da yawa? Wannan tambaya ta daure masana kimiyya tsawon shekaru.
BioLogiQ, tun lokacin da aka kafa shi a cikin 2011, yana aiki don ƙirƙirar samfuran filastik masu dacewa da muhalli daga kayan sabuntawa. "Mun fara yin robobi daga sharar dankalin turawa, musamman sitaci," in ji Shugaba na BioLogiQ Stephen Sherman kwanan nan ga Idaho Stateman.
Ana yin robobi na al'ada da polymers - abubuwan da aka yi da manyan ƙwayoyin cuta waɗanda ke maimaita kansu akai-akai, kamar polyethylene da polystyrene. Wadannan polymers na iya ɗaukar daruruwan shekaru don bazuwa.
BioLogiQ yana gabatar da nasa "fasaha na iQ", wanda ya haɗa da amfani da abubuwan da ake amfani da su a cikin samar da filastik kamar dankalin turawa da sitaci na masara ko glycerin da ke faruwa a dabi'a da aka samu daga man kayan lambu da kitsen dabbobi.
Sakamakon filastik yana raguwa da sauri saboda yana da sauƙi ga ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta don karya abubuwa kamar sitaci da glycerin.