Nūhou - ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ma hope o nā kīʻaha plastik hoʻolei ʻole āu i ʻike ʻole ai

"ʻAʻole mākou e ʻike i ka pilikia no ka mea ke hoʻolei aku nei mākou—akā, ʻaʻohe 'mea e hele aku ai'."

E kamaʻilio kākou e pili ananā kīʻaha palaki hoʻolei ʻia—ʻae, ʻo kēlā mau kīʻaha liʻiliʻi me he mea lā ʻaʻole ia he mea ʻino, māmā loa, a maʻalahi loa a mākou e hopu ai me ka manaʻo ʻole ʻelua no ke kofe, ka wai huaʻai, ke kī waiū hau, a i ʻole kēlā ʻano hau kalima wikiwiki. Aia lākou ma nā wahi a pau: ma kou keʻena, kāu hale ʻaina punahele, kāu hale kūʻai kī ʻūlū ma ka ʻaoʻao, a me ka pāʻina lā hānau o kāu keiki. Akā ua noʻonoʻo paha ʻoe, "He aha kaʻu e inu nei?"

Eia ka mea ʻē aʻe: ʻoiai mākou e makemake ana i ka maʻalahi, ke inu nei mākou me ka ʻike ʻole i kahi pilikia.

Ka Pahele ʻOluʻolu: He ʻOluʻolu maoli anei nā Kīʻaha Hoʻolei?

Ua maopopo ka kū'ē. Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, ʻo kēia mau kīʻaha ka mea e pono ai no nā ola hana nui. Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, ke lilo koke nei lākou i maka o ka hewa o ke kaiapuni. Ua ʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi honua hou nei ua hoʻohana ʻia ma mua o 1 miliona mau kīʻaha hoʻolei i kēlā me kēia minuke. He mea hihiu kēlā. Inā ʻoe e hōʻiliʻili i nā kīʻaha a pau i hoʻohana ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki e ka ʻoihana lawe meaʻai wale nō, hiki iā ʻoe ke kaapuni i ka Honua. I nā manawa he nui.

Akā eia ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻano ʻē: manaʻo ka nui o nā mea kūʻai aku e hana ana lākou i kahi koho "ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kaiapuni" ke koho lākou i nā kīʻaha pepa ma mua o ka plastik. Spoiler alert—ʻaʻole pēlā.

Pepa a Palakiko paha? ʻAʻole like ke kaua me kou manaʻo

ʻOiaʻiʻo, kani ka pepa i ʻoi aku ka launa pū me ke kaiapuni. Akā, ua uhi ʻia ka hapa nui o nā kīʻaha pepa me ka polyethylene (ʻo ia hoʻi ka plastic), e paʻakikī ai ke hana hou a hiki ʻole ke hoʻohuihui. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, hiki ke hana pono ʻia a hoʻohana hou ʻia nā kīʻaha plastik PET—ʻoi aku ka maopopo, hiki ke hana hou ʻia. ʻOi aku ka emi o ka hewa, ʻoi aku ka hoʻokele waiwai pōʻai.

ʻO ia ke kumu e huli nei nā lama akamai (a me nā mea kūʻai akamai) i nā mea hilinaʻinā mea ʻaina palakiko nā mea hoʻolako e hāʻawi ana i nā koho PET hana hou 100%. ʻAʻole wale ke nānā aku o kēia mau kīʻaha—hana maikaʻi nō hoʻi lākou.

ʻAʻole wale nō ia e pili ana i kāu mea e inu ai

Inā paha ʻoe e lawelawe ana i ke kī waiū ma ke ala, e hoʻokipa ana i kahi BBQ māla, a i ʻole e hoʻomaka ana i kahi pā mea ʻono kauwela, he mea nui ke ʻano kīʻaha kūpono. Mālama kāu poʻe kūʻai aku, hilinaʻi kou kaulana ma luna o ia mea, a e ʻoiaʻiʻo kākou—ʻaʻohe mea makemake i kā lākou mea inu e liki ana ma o ke kīʻaha pulu.

ʻO kēia kahi e hilinaʻi ʻia ainā kīʻaha kī waiū a menā mea hana kīʻaha ʻaikalimae komo mai i ka pāʻani. Pono ʻoe i kahi huahana ʻaʻole wale nō he pono a pale i ka leaka akā ʻaʻole hoʻi e hoʻōho "plastic makepono" ke kiʻi nā mea kūʻai aku i kā lākou mau kiʻi Instagram.

No ka mea, he mea nui ka nani. Pēlā nō hoʻi ka honua.

No laila… He aha kāu e hana ai?

He maʻalahi: e lilo i ka loli āu e makemake ai e ʻai i loko o ke ao nei.

E ʻimi i nā koho PET hiki ke hana hou ʻia - ʻaʻole maikaʻi ʻole nā palakika āpau. Hiki ke hana hou ʻia nā kīʻaha palakika hoʻolei maikaʻi a ʻaʻohe BPA.

E koho i nā hoa hana e mālama nei - ʻo ka hana pū ʻana me nā mea hana e hoʻoikaika ana i ke kūpaʻa (manaʻo kōkua: e like me mākou) he mea ia e hoʻololi ai.

E hoʻonaʻauao i kāu poʻe kūʻai - no ka mea, he mea kaulana ka hoʻomau ʻana, a makemake ka poʻe e kākoʻo i nā lama akamai eco.

E ʻae kākou—eia nō ka maʻalahi e noho. Akā hiki iā kākou ke hoʻomaikaʻi iā ia. Me nā mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, nā koho ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, a me nā ʻano maikaʻi.