ʻAʻole maopopo i ke ʻano o ka leka uila i kūpono loa no kāu hōʻailona? Eia nā mea a kāu ʻoihana e ʻike ai e pili ana i ke koho ʻana ma waena o noissue Recycled, Kraft, a meNā Leka Uila Hiki ke Hoʻomomona ʻia.

ʻO ka ʻōpala compostable kahi ʻano mea ʻōpala e hahai ana i nā kumumanaʻo o ka hoʻokele waiwai pōʻai.

Ma kahi o ke kumu hoʻohālike linear 'take-make-waste' kuʻuna i hoʻohana ʻia i ke kālepa, ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka ʻōpala compostable e hoʻolei ʻia ma ke ʻano kuleana e emi ai ka hopena i ka honua.

ʻOiai ʻo ka ʻōpala compostable kahi mea i kamaʻāina i nā ʻoihana he nui a me nā mea kūʻai aku, aia nō kekahi mau kuhihewa e pili ana i kēia koho ʻōpala e pili ana i ke kaiapuni.

Ke noʻonoʻo nei ʻoe e hoʻohana i ka ʻōpala compostable i kāu ʻoihana? He mea kūpono ke ʻike i ka nui o ka hiki e pili ana i kēia ʻano mea i hiki iā ʻoe ke kamaʻilio me nā mea kūʻai aku a aʻo i nā ala kūpono e hoʻolei aku ai ma hope o ka hoʻohana ʻana. Ma kēia alakaʻi, e aʻo ʻoe:

He aha nā bioplastics
He aha nā huahana hoʻopili e hiki ke hoʻohuihui ʻia
Pehea e hiki ai ke hoʻohuihui ʻia ka pepa a me ka pepa pahu
ʻO ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka biodegradable vs. compostable
Pehea e kamaʻilio ai e pili ana i nā mea hoʻomake me ka hilinaʻi.
E komo kākou i loko!

He aha ka ʻōpala hiki ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia?
ʻO ka ʻōpala compostable ka ʻōpala e haki kūlohelohe ke waiho ʻia i loko o kahi kūpono. ʻAʻole e like me ka ʻōpala plastik kuʻuna, hana ʻia ia mai nā mea organik e haki i loko o kahi manawa kūpono a ʻaʻohe kemika ʻawaʻawa a i ʻole nā ​​​​​​mea ʻino. Hiki ke hana ʻia ka ʻōpala compostable mai ʻekolu ʻano mea: pepa, pepa pahu a i ʻole bioplastics.

E aʻo hou aʻe e pili ana i nā ʻano mea ʻōpala poepoe ʻē aʻe (hana hou ʻia a hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia) ma aneʻi.

He aha nā bioplastics?
ʻO nā bioplastics he mau plastics i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka bio (i hana ʻia mai kahi kumuwaiwai hou, e like me nā mea kanu), biodegradable (hiki ke wāwahi maoli) a i ʻole ka hui pū ʻana o nā mea ʻelua. Kōkua nā bioplastics i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ko mākou hilinaʻi ʻana i nā wahie fossil no ka hana plastic a hiki ke hana ʻia mai ka kulina, ka soybeans, ka lāʻau, ka ʻaila kuke i hoʻohana ʻia, ka limu, ke kō a me nā mea hou aku. ʻO kekahi o nā bioplastics i hoʻohana pinepine ʻia i loko o ka ʻōpala ʻo PLA.

He aha ka PLA?

ʻO PLA ke kū nei no ka polylactic acid. He thermoplastic compostable ka PLA i loaʻa mai nā mea kanu e like me ka cornstarch a i ʻole ke kō a he carbon-neutral, ʻai ʻia a biodegradable. He koho kūlohelohe ia i nā wahie fossil, akā he mea puʻupaʻa (hou) nō hoʻi ia e pono e unuhi ʻia mai ke kaiapuni. Hoʻopau loa ka PLA i ka wā e haki ai ma mua o ka hiolo ʻana i loko o nā micro-plastics ʻino.

Hana ʻia ka PLA ma ka ulu ʻana i kahi mea kanu, e like me ka kulina, a laila wāwahi ʻia i ka starch, protein a me ka fiber e hana i ka PLA. ʻOiai he hana unuhi ʻino iki kēia ma mua o ka plastic kuʻuna, i hana ʻia ma o nā wahie fossil, he nui nā kumuwaiwai a ʻo kekahi hoʻohewa ʻana i ka PLA ʻo ia ka lawe ʻana i ka ʻāina a me nā mea kanu i hoʻohana ʻia e hānai i nā kānaka.