semmuso ya mouoane o lahloang lipalo-palo tsa thekiso le tšebeliso United States li hlahisa setšoantšo se nyahamisang. Sena ke 'nete haholo-holo haeba u nahana ka bongata ba litšila tse hlahisoang ke lihlahisoa tsena. Ho hakanngoa hore motsotsoana o mong le o mong bacha ba bang ba Maamerika ho ea pele ba bahlano ba ne ba sebelisa mouoane o lahloang.
Bothata ba palo e kholo ea mouoane o lahloang ho lahleloa letsatsi le leng le le leng ke hore lihlahisoa tsena kaofela li hahiloe ka libeteri tsa lithium-ion tse ka sebelisoang hape. Haeba u bala lipalo-palo tsohle, Maamerika a lahla li-vapes tse ka bang limilione tse 150. Lihlahisoa tsena li na le lithium e lekaneng ho aha libeteri bakeng sa likoloi tsa motlakase tse ka bang 6,000.
Lithium ke phofo e tšoeu e sebelisoang ho 90% ea libeteri tse nchafatsoang tse fumanehang likoloing tsa motlakase, li-smartphone le lisebelisoa tse ngata tsa sejoale-joale tse tjhajoang hape. Bothata ke hore lithium ha e fumanehe habonolo mme mokhoa oa ho e ntša o rarahane haholo. Hajoale theko ea lithium e ntse e nyoloha lilemong tse 'maloa tse fetileng mme e lebelletsoe ho tsoela pele ho nyoloha ho fihlela 2025 ha ho hakanngoa hore lefats'e le tla qala ho ba le khaello e kholo ea liminerale tsena tse sa tloaelehang. Ka mathata a phepelo a seng a ntse a le teng ho ne ho lebeletsoe hore bonyane ba bangata ba ele hloko hore na ba sebelisa lihlahisoa tse nang le mohlodi ona o sa tloaelehang joang.
The Truth Initiative e 'nile ea sebetsa ho felisa ho tsuba le ho tsuba har'a bacha ka lilemo tse' maloa USA. Phuputsong ea morao tjena morero o entsoeng, halofo ea ba neng ba re ba ne ba sebelisitse vape e lahloang. Ho feta moo, tse peli ho tse tharo tsa li-vapes tse neng li sebelisoa li ile tsa lahleloa ka har'a lithōle tsa ntlo. Boholo ba lihlahisoa tsena li hahiloe ka libeteri tsa lithium-ion tse nchafalitsoeng. Leha ho le joalo, li reretsoe ho lahloa hang ha li sebelisoa. Mona ke moo bothata ba ho fokotsa limilione tsa libeteri tsa lithium-ion tse sebetsang bo hlahang teng.
Ho latela Setsi sa Tšireletso ea Tikoloho (EPA), batho ba bangata ba lahlela li-vapes tsa bona tse sebelisitsoeng ka phoso ka lithōle tsa malapa hobane lihlahisoa tsena li ngotsoe ka phoso "tse lahloang".
Ho ea ka moprofesa Alissa oa Univesithi ea California Davis, tlhokahalo ea libeteri tsa lithium-ion e tla eketseha ka makhetlo a mahlano lilemong tse leshome tse tlang. Sena se etsa hore ho lahla li-vapes tse lahloang ka libeteri tse nchafatsoang e be mohopolo o mobe.
Ntle le khaello ea lithium, ho lahla tsena mouoane o lahloang e boetse e hlahisa bothata bo bong bakeng sa litsebi tsa tikoloho. Lithium e chefo 'me e na le tšekamelo e phahameng ea ho tšoara mollo. Mohlala, ho latela litlaleho tsa EPA mabapi le mello ea 245 e hlahang litsing tsa litšila lipakeng tsa 2013 ho isa 2020 e ne e hlahisoa ka kotloloho ke libeteri tsa lithium-ion. Ho na le nyeoe ea mollo o bakiloeng ke betri ea lithium-ion moo bo-ralitima-mollo ba bane ba ileng ba tlameha ho potlakisetsoa sepetlele ka ho chesoa ke lik'hemik'hale tse tebileng. Ka hona, ha ho bolele hore ho lahla lihlahisoa tse nang le libeteri tsa lithium ka har'a lithōle tsa ntlo ke kotsi ea polokeho.
Ho latela Kendell, US e ntse e tla nts'etsapele marang-rang a matle haholo a ho sebelisa lithium. Sena se thatafalletsa bareki ho tseba ho sebetsana le lihlahisoa tse nyane ka libeteri tsa lithium-ion joalo ka li-vapes. EPA e re ho tloha ka 2021 esale e sebetsa ho lokisa bothata. E re ho eketsa matsapa a ho khutlisa liminerale tsa bohlokoa ho kenyelletsa lithium ho tsoa lihlahisoa tse tsosolositsoeng ke e 'ngoe ea lipheo tsa eona. Leha ho le joalo, ho lebelletsoe hore bothata bo tla tsoela pele nako e telele kaha lihlahisoa tsa mouoane tse lahloang e le lihlahisoa tse tsebahalang haholo tsa mouoane ka har'a naha, haholo-holo har'a bacha.
