Ma waena o ka piʻi ʻana o ka ʻike kaiapuni honua,ʻohe papa ʻaina, mahalo i kona kūpaʻa kūlohelohe a me ka biodegradability, ke lilo mālie nei i mea hoʻopili i kēlā me kēia lā i nā hale a me nā hale ʻaina ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, e lilo ana i mea koho kaulana i nā mea paʻi palaka a me ka ceramic.

Ua pani piha ʻo Miho Yamada, he wahine hale ma Tokyo, Iapanalako papa ʻaina haleme ka ʻohe. “Papa ʻoheHe māmā a paʻa, palekana no nā keiki, maloʻo koke ma hope o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana, a palekana i ka microwave, e maʻalahi ai no ka hoʻomehana ʻana i ka waiū a me nā pahu ʻaina awakea no ka ʻaina kakahiaka. Ua wehewehe ʻo ia ʻo ke ʻano kūlohelohe o ka papaʻaina ʻohe e hoʻohui i kahi nani nani i ka papaʻaina, a nīnau pinepine nā hoaaloha i kahi e kūʻai ai i ko lākou kipa ʻana i nā ʻikepili kūloko kūloko e hōʻike ana ua piʻi ka kūʻai ʻana i nā kīʻaha ʻohe hale ma 72% makahiki i kēia makahiki, me nā keiki o nā keiki.ipu ʻohea hoʻonohonoho paʻa ka fork ma luna o nā palapala kūʻai papa ʻaina.

Ua hoʻokomo pū kekahi mau hale ʻaina kaulana ma Kapalakiko, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i kā lākou hana i kēlā me kēia lā. “Poʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo, "he haleʻaina kūikawā i nā meaʻai māmā, hoʻohana i ka ʻohe no nā mea a pau mai nā kīʻaha salakeke a me nā papa ʻai meaʻai a hiki i nā ipu lawe. He nui ka poʻe i hele mai i kā mākou hale ʻaina no ka mea hoʻohana mākou i nā mea papa ʻohe. ʻAʻole kēia koho e hōʻemi wale i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka papa ʻaina plastik akā mālama pū nō hoʻi ma kahi o 30% o ke kumukūʻai kūʻai papa ʻaina o kēlā me kēia mahina, e loaʻa ana kahi kūlana lanakila-lanakila no nā mea ʻelua.palekana kaiapunia me ka waiwai.

Ua lilo ka papa ʻaina ʻohe i mea maʻamau o nā hanana kaiāulu ma Sydney, Australia. Ma nā mākeke hopena pule a me nā pīniki waho, hāʻawi nā mea manawaleʻa i nā lako ʻohe manuahi e hoʻohana ai nā kamaʻāina, a laila e hōʻiliʻili ʻia, hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia, a hana hou ʻia ma hope o ka hanana. "ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka papa ʻohe no kahi pīniki e hoʻopau i ka hopohopo e pili ana i ka ʻōpala plastik e hoʻohaumia ai i ke kaiapuni a me ka pono o ka lawe ʻana i nā kīʻaha ceramic kaumaha, e hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi ʻia no nā hanana waho," wahi a Lucy, kahi mea komo.

I kēia mau lā, ke lilo nei ka papa ʻaina ʻohe, me kāna mau ʻano like ʻole a me nā hiʻohiʻona kūpono, i mea hoʻokele koʻikoʻi oʻai ʻōmaʻomaʻo.