ʻO kekahi o nā manaʻo nui no ka maikaʻi o ka nohona o ka pepa ma luna o nā straw straws ʻo ia ka biodegradable ka pepa.

Ka pilikia?
Ma muli o ka biodegradable o ka pepa maʻamau, ʻaʻole ia he kumu ia he biodegradable ka mauʻu pepa. He aha hou aʻe, hiki i ka manawa biodegradable ke loaʻa nā wehewehe ʻokoʻa, a hiki i kekahi manawa ke kuhi hewa.
E noʻonoʻo ʻia he "biodegradable," pono e wāwahi ʻia nā mea kalapona o kahi huahana e 60% wale nō ma hope o 180 mau lā. I nā kūlana honua maoli, hiki i ka pepa ke ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi ma mua o 180 mau lā (akā e nalo ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o ka palekiko, ʻoiaʻiʻo).
I mea e ʻoi aku ai ka hewa, i nā kūlanakauhale kahi e noho ai ka hapanui o mākou, ʻaʻole mākou e compost i kā mākou huahana neoneo a waiho paha iā lākou i ke ʻano e biodegrade. E noʻonoʻo e pili ana iā ia: Inā ʻoe e hele i kahi hale ʻaina wikiwiki, ʻaʻohe mea nui he ʻōpala compost. Ma kahi o, e hele paha kāu mauʻu pepa i loko o ka ʻōpala maʻamau a hoʻopau i kahi landfill.
Hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia nā landfills i mea e pale aku ai i ka pala ʻana, ʻo ia hoʻi inā ʻoe e hoʻolei i kāu mauʻu pepa i loko o ka ʻōpala, ʻaʻole ia e biodegrade. ʻO kēia ke hoʻohui nei o kāu mauʻu pepa i nā puʻu ʻōpala ma ka Honua.

Akā, ʻaʻole hiki ke hana hou i nā ʻalā pepa?
ʻO nā huahana pepa i ka nui he recyclable, a ke ʻano o ia ma ka laulā, hiki ke hana hou ʻia nā mauʻu pepa.
Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole ʻae ka hapanui o nā wahi hana hou i nā huahana pepa hoʻohaumia ʻia i ka meaʻai. Ma muli o ka lawe ʻana o ka pepa i nā wai, malia paha ʻaʻole e hana hou ʻia kāu mauʻu pepa.
ʻO kēia ka manaʻo ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia nā mauʻu pepa? ʻAʻole pololei, akā inā he koena meaʻai kāu pepa mauʻu (no ka laʻana, mai ka inu ʻana i nā mea leʻaleʻa), a laila ʻaʻole paha e hana hou ʻia ia.

Panina: He aha kaʻu e hana ai e pili ana i nā mauʻu pepa?
I ka hopena, ʻoiai ua hoʻololi ʻia kekahi mau hale ʻaina i mauʻu pepa, ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo e hoʻohana ʻoe ia mau mea. Maopopo he mea ʻinoʻino ka mauʻu pepa i ke kaiapuni, ʻoiai inā ʻoi aku ka pōʻino o ka mauʻu palolo.
I ka hopena, nui nā hopena o ka nohona i nā mauʻu pepa, a ʻaʻole nō he ʻoluʻolu kūlohelohe. No ka hapa nui, he mea hoʻohana ʻōpala hoʻokahi wale nō lākou.

No laila, he aha kāu e hana ai e hōʻemi i kāu kapuwai kūlohelohe?
ʻO ke ala maʻalahi e hōʻemi i kāu hopena o ke kaiapuni (e pili ana i nā mauʻu) e hōʻole loa i nā mauʻu āpau.
E hōʻoia i kēlā me kēia manawa āu e hele ai i nā hale ʻaina, noi ʻoe i kahi inu me ka ʻole o ka mauʻu. Hāʻawi maʻamau nā hale ʻaina i nā mauʻu mau me kāu inu, no laila he mea nui e nīnau ʻoe ma mua o kāu kauoha.
Ke pani nei i kā mākou hoʻohana ʻana i nā mauʻu palolo me nā mea ʻē aʻe pepa e like me ka hoʻololi ʻana i kahi papaʻai a McDonald me kahi papaʻai KFC — ʻaʻole maikaʻi ke kino olakino ʻelua no kou olakino, e like me ka maikaʻi ʻole o nā palapū a me nā mauʻu pepa no ko mākou wahi.