I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua kaulana ka papa ʻaina ʻohe ma muli o kāna mau pono a me kāna mau hana. ʻAʻole wale ia he koho ʻai a me ka hana, akā hāʻawi pū kekahi i nā mea maikaʻi ma mua o nā mea papaʻaina kuʻuna. ʻO kekahi o nā pōmaikaʻi nui o ka papa ʻaina ʻohe, ʻo ia kona pono olakino. ʻAʻole like me ka plastic a me ka melamine, ʻaʻohe kemika ʻino e like me ka BPA (bisphenol A) a me nā phthalates, hiki ke lele i loko o ka meaʻai a hoʻopilikia i ke olakino. ʻO ka ʻohe he mea kūlohelohe a ʻaʻohe mea ʻawaʻawa, e lilo ia i koho palekana no nā pākeke a me nā keiki. Ma waho aʻe o kāna mau pono olakino, ʻike ʻia ka papa ʻaina ʻohe no kāna mau waiwai māmā a paʻa. ʻO ka ʻohe kahi mea ikaika a maʻalahi, kūpono no ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻO kona ʻano māmā he mea maʻalahi ke lawelawe ʻana, ʻoi aku hoʻi no nā keiki a me nā poʻe ʻelemakule, e hōʻemi ana i ka hopena o nā kahe a me nā pōʻino. ʻO kekahi hiʻohiʻona ʻē aʻe o ka papa ʻaina ʻohe kona hoʻomau. ʻO ka ʻohe kekahi o nā kumuwaiwai wikiwiki loa a hiki ke hoʻololi hou ʻia ma ka honua. Hiki iā ia ke oʻo i loko o 3 a 5 mau makahiki, akā ʻo nā kumu lāʻau he mau makahiki e ulu ai. ʻO ka ulu wikiwiki ʻana o ka ʻohe e lilo ia i mea hoʻomau a me ka hoʻopōmaikaʻi kaiaola. Hoʻohui ʻia, ʻohi ʻia ka ʻohe me ka ʻole o ka pepehi ʻana i ka mea kanu, hiki iā ia ke hoʻohou hou a hoʻomau i ka ulu. Eia kekahi, ʻo ka ʻoki ʻohe he biodegradable a compostable. Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana, e pōʻino maoli ia i ka manawa a hoʻi i ke kaiapuni me ka ʻole o ka pōʻino. Hoʻolilo kēia i ka ʻoki ʻohe i mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kaiapuni ma mua o nā mea ʻokiʻoki maʻamau a i ʻole nā ʻoki ʻoki hoʻopau. ʻAʻole hoʻohana wale ʻia ka papa ʻaina ʻo Bamboo a hoʻomau, akā hoʻohui pū ia i kahi paʻi o ka nani maoli i kāu ʻike ʻaina. Me kona ʻano huapalaoa kū hoʻokahi a me nā leo mahana, lawe mai nā mea ʻai ʻohe i ka nani a me ka maʻalahi i kēlā me kēia papaʻaina. I ka hopena, loaʻa nā ʻano mea maikaʻi a me nā hana o ka pākaukau ʻohe. ʻO kāna mau pono olakino, nā waiwai māmā a me ka hoʻomau ʻana e kūpono ia no nā mea kūʻai aku. Ma ke koho ʻana i ka papa ʻaina ʻohe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hauʻoli i kahi ʻai ʻai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me ke kaiapuni.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: ʻAukake-12-2023
