Ina whai mōhio koe ki ngā kōpaki plastics e ora tonu ana, ko te whai orau te āhua matua. Ko ngā plastics kounga teitei, pērā i te polyethylene me te polypropylene, e mōhiotia ana mō tā rātou kaha o te hanganga. I hangaia hokohoko ai kia herehere ai i ngā pakanga me te parurenga, nā reira he tino pai mō ngā whakamahinga umanga kaha. Ko ngā āhua pērā i te whai kaha ki te UV, te whai kaha ki te whakarewa, me te whai kaha ki te rerekē o te wera e whakapai ake ana i te roa o ēnei kōpaki, ka tūtohu ai i te pai o rātou mahi ki ngā taiao rereke, uaua hoki. I whakatau ngā rangahau ka ora tāngata ngā kōpaki kaha ki te tokomaha atu i ngā kōpaki utu iti, whakaiti tūmatanui ai i te para me te whakamahi rauemi. Mā te whiriwhiri i ngā kōpaki kaha, kāore anō ngā umanga i te whai wāhi ki te aronga taiao engari hoki ka pakaru pea i ngā whakakapi tīmata ana i ngā hua kounga iti.
Ko te whakakapi i ngā kōpata hurihanga paraihe mō te iti ake o te kaha e āritu ai ngā kiritanga o te moni. Ko ngā utu huna e hāngai ana ki te rokiroki, te neke tūmau, me te whakaputunga atu i ngā kōpata iti ake te kaha e tipu haere ana, ka pa ki te rārangi kei raro. Ko te whakauru ki ngā kōpata hurihanga paraihe kaha he whiriwhiri angitu ka taea te nui rawa te whai oranga i te wā roa. Kātahi ka iti ake ngā wehenga o te mahi, ka nui ake te pono, ā, i te mutunga ka toa te utu-whaihua. E ētahi tauira ako e whakaatu ana i ngā kamupene i huri ki ngā ratonga kaha, e whakaatu ana i ngā painga e ineia ana pērā i te iti ake o te wā whakamutunga me te nui ake o te hokinga moni (ROI). Ka noa mai ko te kaha kāore i te tohu kounga anake—ko ia tētahi take matua hei whai pono moni.
Mā te mārama ki te aha ka nui te kaha, ka taea e ngā pakihi te whiriwhiri i ā raatau kōpata hurihanga paraihe, kia tiakina ai te ōwekenga moni me te ōwekenga mahi.
Kei te whakauru i ngā paepere plāstik kaha, me ngā kete hurihia ki ngā pūnaha whakahaere e whakapai ake ana i te mahi tūmatanui, ā, he iti noa te mōrearea o te whara i ngā hua i te wā o te nekenga. Mā te whakakapi i ngā paepere rakau ki ngā kōwhiringa plāstik, ka nui ake te whai pānga o ngā taputapu pūtea mai i te iti ake o te taumaha e heke ai ngā utu tuku, ā, ka pai ake te haumaru. Kei te māmātisia e ngā kamupene te whakauru i ngā rautaki plāstik, ā, e whakaatu mai ana ngā tatauranga ko te whai pānga ki te whakahaere, me te heke o ngā moni e herea ana ki ngā whara. Hei tauira, i whakapai ake ngā kamupene whakahaere i ngā paepere plāstik i ō rātou mahi, ā, he iti ake hoki ngā moni e herea ana ki ngā hua kua whara. Ko ēnei take katoa e āwhina ana i te whakaiti i ngā moni, ā, e whakapumau ana i te uara o te whakauru paepere plāstik kaha ki ngā pūnaha whakahaere.
Kei te tāone whakapaipai me ngā rōpū rongoā, he mea nui kia eke ki ngā tānga horoi me ngā here whaimana. Ko ngā kōpaki pāpaku pakari he nui te āwhina i ngā tono nei, e whai hua ana i ngā kōpaki kotahi. Ko te āhua whakamahia anō i ēnei kōpaki ka māmā ai te painga ki te taiao, me te haumaru ake i te taraiwa hua. Ko te nekenga ki ngā ratonga pakari i ēnei umanga ka whakatairangitia hoki e ngā tauira kei te whakaatu i te haumaru me te whakatutukitanga pai ake. Hei tauira, ko ngā tohunga o ngā umanga e rua e mōhio ana ki te hinga o ngā pāpaku pakari ki te whakanui ake i te horoi me te haumaru o ngā mahi. Kia mātua whakamahi ake ngā kamupene ki ngā kōpaki pāpaku whakamahia anō i ngā umanga kai me ngā rongoā, ka kitea e rātou te heke tāpiri i ngā raru e pā ana ki te wharaunui, me te aronga ake ki te whakatutuki i ngā here.
Kātahi ka whakaputua ngā kōpae hurihia mā te pāpaku kaha e āwhina ana i te whakaputa motukui i te whakahaere i ngā wāhanga i te wā o te rārangi hui, ka nui ake ai te arataki me te mahi whaihua. Mā te whakamahi i ēnei kōpae taumaha, ka tiakina e ngā kaihanga ngā wāhanga uara mai i te whara, ka iti ai te maringa me te pai ake i te whakahaere tāonga. I ngā take whakaputa, hea anō ngā paepae pāpaku me ngā kōpae hurihia i āwhina ai i ngā wāhanga, hea anō hoki i te maringa, me te whakatirotiro kia pai ai ngā mahi aratohu. Ko ngā tau e tohu ana i te penapena moni me te whakapai ake i te mahi e whakaatu ana i ngā whai wa hiato mō ngā whakaputanga motukui trought te whakahaere tāonga whaihua. Ki te tautohu i ngā tauira mai i te ahumoni motukui, he maamaa ki te kite ka tāpaetia ngā whakaeke kaha e whakanui ai i te mahi, e hāpai ai i te hauora me te tiaki rauemi puta noa i te takiwā whakaputa.
Kia rahi ake i te ora o ngā kōpaki hurihuri pāpaku, he mea nui te whakamoohia i ngā tikanga whakahaere tika. Ko ngā mahi pai ko te paraihe i te wā roa kia kaua ai te parākai e huihui ana ka taea ai te whakapōuri i ngā kōpaki i te wā roa. He mea nui ngā tirotiro whakamuri kia kitea ai ngā āhuatanga o te whakamāmātanga, kia taea ai te whakatika i te wā tika. Ko te arataki a te kaihanga he mea matua kia pūmau ai te ora me te whirinakitanga o ēnei kōpaki. Mā te whai i ngā tikanga tiaki e toa ana, ka taea e ngā pakihi te whakaroa i te ora o ō rātou taputapu. I whakaaturia e ngā rangahau kua iti ake te hiahia ki te whakakapi i ngā wā e whai muri ana. Hei tauira, i tētahi tātari i whakaputua mai ko ngā kamupene e whakamahi ana i ngā tikanga whakahaere tika i kitea mai te toronga o te 40% ki te ora o ō rātou kōpaki pāpaku.
Ko te ohaoha kirihou porohita he huarahi auaha e whakanui ana i te tauwhiro mā te whakaiti i te ururua me te whakauru anō i ngā rauemi ki te huringa whakaputa. Ko ngā ipu kirihou roa he wāhi nui ki tēnei ohaoha nā te mea ka taea te whakamahi anō, te whakamahi anō hoki i ngā rāngai rerekē, nā reira ka whakaitihia te pānga o te taiao. Ko ēnei tukanga tukatuka e kore anake e whai wāhi ana ki te tukatuka anō i ngā rauemi kirihou engari ki te hoahoa anō i ngā hua hei whakanui ake i tō rātou whakamahinga anō. E whakaatu ana ngā tatauranga ka taea e te whakamahi i ngā kete hurihanga kirihou roa te whakaiti i te 30% o te hanga ururua. Mā te whakauru i ēnei tikanga tauwhiro, kāore ngā pakihi e whai wāhi anake ki te tiaki i te taiao engari ka whai hua hoki i te whakaora utu e pā ana ki te whakaiti i ngā utu whakahaere otaota. I te mea kei te haere tonu te tipu o te ohanga kirihou, ka tino kitea te hiranga o te whakauru i nga rongoā roa.