ʻO ka pūkeʻai meaʻai mākoi kulina e pili ana i nā mea hoʻopili i hana ʻia mai ka mākū kulina, he kumu waiwai maoli a hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia. biodegradable a compostable kēia mau mea hoʻopili, hāʻawi i kahi ʻokoʻa hoʻomau i ka paʻi plastik maʻamau.
Hoʻohana ʻia ka mākiko kulina, i loaʻa mai nā ʻano kulina, no ka unuhi ʻana i ka ʻāpana starch. A laila, hoʻololi ʻia kēia mākū i bioplastic i kapa ʻia he polylactic acid (PLA) ma o ka hana i kapa ʻia ʻo fermentation. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka PLA no ka hana ʻana i nā ʻano mea like ʻole, me nā pā meaʻai, nā ipu, nā kīʻaha, a me nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni.
He nui nā hiʻohiʻona me ka paʻi palaka maʻamau, e like me ka lōʻihi, ka maʻalahi, a me ka ʻike. Hiki iā ia ke mālama pono a pale i ka meaʻai, e hōʻoia ana i kona palekana a me ka maikaʻi. akā naʻe, ʻo ka pōmaikaʻi nui o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka mākiko kulina ʻo ia kona ʻano pili i ke kaiapuni.
Eia kekahi, loaʻa mai ka waihona meaʻai mākoki kulina mai kahi kumuwaiwai hou ʻia—kāna—e lilo ia i koho ʻoi aku ka hoʻomau i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka ʻeke i hana ʻia mai nā wahie fossil. me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mākiko kulina ma ke ʻano he mea maka, hiki iā mākou ke hōʻemi i ko mākou hilinaʻi ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai hiki ʻole ke hoʻololi ʻia a hoʻemi i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ke kinoea ʻōmaʻomaʻo e pili ana i ka hana plastik.