Njengento efunekayo yemihla ngemihla kubomi bangoku, iibhotile zesiselo, enkosi kubunzima bazo, ukuqina, kwaye kulula{0}}ukuthwala{1}}impawu, zibe sisikhongozeli esisetyenziswa kakhulu kubathengi kwihlabathi jikelele. Ukusuka kumanzi amaminerali ukuya kwiziselo ze-carbonated, ukusuka kwijusi ukuya kwiziselo ezisebenzayo, iibhotile zesiselo azithwali nje kuphela izinto ezingamanzi kwimveliso kodwa zikwabonakalisa ubume benkcubeko yabathengi bale mihla.
Okwangoku, iibhotile zesiselo eziqhelekileyo kwimarike zohlulwe zibe ziindidi ezintathu: iplastiki, iglasi, kunye neetoti zentsimbi. Iibhotile zeplastiki (ingakumbi i-PET) zithatha esona sabelo sikhulu sentengiso yesiselo ngenxa yexabiso eliphantsi, ubunzima obulula, kunye nokuqina. Nangona kunjalo, ukusetyenziswa ngokubanzi kweebhotile zeplastiki kukwadale iingxaki ezinzulu zokusingqongileyo. Ubalo lubonisa ukuba amashumi eebhiliyoni zeebhotile zeplastiki zilahlwa emhlabeni wonke ngonyaka, apho kuphela iqhezu elincinane liphinda lisetyenziswe, ngelixa ezinye zingena kwindawo yendalo, zibangela ukungcoliswa komhlaba namanzi. Ngelixa iibhotile zeglasi ziphinda zisebenziseke kwaye zinefuthe elisezantsi lokusingqongileyo, ubunzima bazo obunzima kunye nobuthathaka bunqanda ukwamkelwa kwazo ngokubanzi. Iitoti zesinyithi (ezifana ne-aluminiyam) zibeka ibhalansi engcono phakathi kwamazinga okuhlaziya kunye nokuphatheka, kodwa kubiza kakhulu ukuvelisa.
Ukusuka kumbono wokusingqongileyo, ukusetyenziswa okuzinzileyo kweebhotile zesiselo kuye kwaba yingqwalasela yehlabathi. Amazwe amaninzi kunye nemimandla iphumeze iinkqubo zediphozithi kwiibhotile zesiselo ukukhuthaza abathengi ukuba baphinde basebenzise iibhotile ezingenanto. Kwangaxeshanye, abavelisi beziselo baphonononga izinto zokupakisha ezihambelana nokusingqongileyo, ezinje ngeeplastiki ezinokubola okanye izikhongozeli ezinokuzaliswa kwakhona. Abathengi kufuneka baphakamise ulwazi lwabo ngemiba yendalo esingqongileyo, babeke phambili iibhotile zesiselo ezinokuphinda zisetyenziswe okanye ziphinde zisetyenziswe, kwaye banciphise ukusebenzisa kwabo{3}}iibhotile zeplastiki ezisetyenziswa kanye.
Ngelixa iibhotile zesiselo zibonelela ngobomi banamhlanje, zikwasikhumbuza ngoxanduva lwethu lokukhusela okusingqongileyo. Ngokwenza izinto ezintsha zobuchwepheshe kunye notshintsho kwindlela yokuziphatha kwabathengi, sinethemba lokuba singazonwabela iziselo zethu ngelixa sinciphisa ifuthe lazo elibi kokusingqongileyo.
