Ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻoe i nā mea hana hou, ua ʻike paha ʻoe i ka hōʻailona hana hoʻoheheʻe # 1 ma nā pahu ea like ʻole. Hana ʻia kēia mau ipu i ka polyethylene terephthalate (PET), i kapa ʻia hoʻi he polyester. Ma muli o kona ikaika kiʻekiʻe, kaupaona māmā a me ka hoʻoheheʻe maʻalahi, he mea makemake nui ʻia ʻo PET no ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā ʻano meaʻai a me nā mea kūʻai aku.
ʻO PET ʻo ia kekahi o nā lula i hana hou ʻia. E ʻae paha kāu polokalamu hoʻopōʻaiapuni kūloko i nā ʻōmole ea # 1 a me nā ʻōmole wai, akā ʻaʻole paha ʻoe e ʻae i nā pāpale flip # 1, nā ʻauʻau wai, nā pā, a me nā poʻi.
Eia nō naʻe, inā hana ʻelua ʻia ka hue ea a me ka pāpale flip i ka PET, no ke aha e ʻae ʻole ai kāu mea hoʻohana kūloko i nā pāpale flip?
Hoʻohana nā mea hana i nā kaʻina hana ʻokoʻa e hana i nā ʻano like ʻole o nā ipu PET. Hoʻohana lākou i kahi hana i kapa ʻia thermoforming e hana ai i nā pāpale flip a me kahi hana i kapa ʻia ʻo blow blowing e hana i nā ʻōmole a me nā hue. Ua hana kēia mau hana ʻokoʻa i nā papa ʻokoʻa o nā huahana PET, ʻo kēlā me kēia me kahi kumu kikoʻī.
He 100% recyclable ka PET, ʻaʻohe mea o ka papa. Akā nā PET thermoformed ipu i nā pilikia like ʻole me ka hana hou ʻana.
ʻO kahi ʻatikala i paʻi ʻia e ka National Association of PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) i ka makahiki 2016 i hōʻike ʻia i nā pilikia nui no ka hana hou ʻana i nā ipu thermoformed PET (e like me nā pāpale flip). ʻO kēia mau pahu i loaʻa pinepine nā lepili lika paʻakikī e hemo. Hana lākou i nā mea ʻāpana maikaʻi aʻe i ka wā o ka hana ʻana a loaʻa ka nui o ka nui ma mua o nā ʻōmole PET, kahi mea paʻakikī e hana pū i nā clamshells a me nā ʻōmole.
Ke hana ʻia nā pāpale lula ea i kahi hale hana hou (MRF), paʻakikī i nā mea hana a me ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā pono e hoʻokaʻawale i nā pāpale pale e like me nā ipu like like i hana ʻia me nā plastics like ʻole a me nā hue PET maikaʻi loa. No laila, ke hana a hana ʻia nā pūʻolo PET hope loa, e "haumia" lākou e ka palolo palolo.
Makemake ʻo MRF e hana i nā bales ʻoi loa o kahi mea i hāʻawi ʻia e loaʻa ai ke kumukūʻai mākeke maikaʻi loa. I ka hihia o ka ea # 1, e hoʻopili wale kēia mau ʻeke i nā ʻōmole a me nā ipu wai.
Ke kāwili ʻia ka pāpale flip me ka ʻōmole a me ka ipuhao, pilikia ka hale hana hou ma muli o ka hana ʻana o ka pīlaki PET maikaʻi maikaʻi ʻole. No laila, nui nā papahana hana hou a me MRF ʻaʻole e ʻae i ka hana hou ʻana i ka flip-top, ʻoiai inā hana ʻia i ka plastic PET PET i hana ʻia.
Inā ʻaʻole ʻae kāu polokalamu hoʻopōʻaiapuni kūloko i nā pā palolo, e hoʻokau iā lākou i waho o kāu ipu hana hoʻopihapiha. Akā, mai hoʻolei iā lākou-he recyclable lākou. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, hōʻike ʻo NAPCOR ʻoi aku ma mua o 100 miliona mau paona o nā mea thermoformed PET i hana hou ʻia i United States i ka makahiki 2018.
No ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hopena hoʻopōʻaiapuni kūloko no nā palapika ea, e ʻoluʻolu e hoʻokomo i kāu helu kuhi helu i ka mea hana huli honua ʻo Earth911.
ʻO Derek McKee kahi mea noiʻi noiʻi a me ka hoʻomohala hoʻomōhala i ka ʻoihana pale. Ma muli o kona kūlana, makemake ʻo ia e aʻo i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka palekana pilikino a me ka pale ʻana i ke kaiapuni. ʻAe ke kākau iā ia e kiʻi i nā poʻe hou aku i ka poʻe i kāna ʻoihana.
Kōkua nui mākou i kā mākou poʻe heluhelu, nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā ʻoihana e hōʻemi i ko lākou kapuna wao i kēlā me kēia lā, hāʻawi i ka ʻike kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe a ʻike i nā hana hou aʻoi aku ka lōʻihi.
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa a hoʻomaopopo mākou i nā mea kūʻai aku, ʻoihana a me nā kaiāulu e hoʻoulu i nā manaʻo a paipai i nā hoʻoholo mea kūʻai aku i maikaʻi no ka honua.
ʻO nā loli liʻiliʻi i nā kaukani he mau hopena maikaʻi ka hopena. ʻO nā manaʻo hou aku e hōʻemi i ka ʻōpala!
Ka manawa Post: ʻAuk-24-2021