ʻO ka pahu ʻōpala meaʻai, e like me ka inoa e hōʻike nei, hoʻohana ʻia ia no ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā pahu meaʻai, hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e like me nā mea e like me: pahu lāʻau, pahu pepa, pahu lole, pahu ʻili, pahu hao, pahu ʻōpala corrugated, a pēlā aku, hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e like me ka inoa o ka huahana e like me: pahu makana, pahu waina, pahu kokoleka, pahu peni, pahu ʻōpala meaʻai, pahu ʻōpala kī, a pēlā aku. I kēia manawa ua ulu aʻe ia i nā pahu i hana ʻia me ka lāʻau, pepa a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i hui pū ʻia. Hana pahu ʻōpala: hōʻoia i ka palekana o ka meaʻai i ka lawe ʻana, hoʻomaikaʻi i ke ʻano o nā huahana, a pēlā aku. ʻO ke kumu o ka pahu ʻōpala meaʻai, ʻo ia ka pale ʻana i ka meaʻai mai ka mana o nā mea kemika kino a me nā mea microbial, e hōʻoia i ka loli ʻole o ka meaʻai a me ke ʻano o ka meaʻai, i mea e pale ai i ke olakino o nā mea kūʻai. Eia kekahi, hāʻawi ka meaʻai i hoʻopili ʻia i nā kūlana kūpono he nui no ka lawe ʻana, ka mālama ʻana, ke kūʻai aku a me ka hoʻohana ʻana, me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā kūʻai aku. Hiki i ka ʻōpala meaʻai kūpono ke hoʻolōʻihi i kona ola mālama a me ke ola papa, a hoʻemi nui i ke ʻano o ka hōʻino ʻana o ka meaʻai. ʻO nā mea e pili ana i ka maikaʻi o ka meaʻai: - mālamalama; ʻO ka lua ka mahana; ʻEkolu ka oxygen; ʻEhā ka haʻahaʻa; ʻO ka lima, nā microbes. Mai ka hana ʻana i ka meaʻai, ke kūʻai aku ʻana a me ka hoʻopau ʻana o nā manaʻo ʻekolu, ʻo ke kumu o ka pahu ʻōpala meaʻai: - ʻo ia ke pale ʻana i ka hōʻino ʻana, e hōʻoia i ka maikaʻi; ʻO ka lua, ʻo ia ke pale ʻana i ka haumia microbial a me ka lepo; ʻO ke kolu, e hoʻomaopopo a hoʻolalelale i ka hana ʻana i ka meaʻai; ʻO ka hā, he mea kūpono ia no ka halihali a me ke kaʻapuni ʻana; ʻO ka lima, e hoʻonui i ka waiwai o ka meaʻai. ʻO ka pahu ʻōpala meaʻai e like me kona ʻano mea maka, ua māhele ʻia i polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride a me nā ʻano ʻē aʻe, polyethylene, polypropylene he plastic palekana, hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia e hoʻopaʻa i ka meaʻai. ʻO ka inoa piha o nā pahu plastik huʻa hoʻolei ʻia he pahu meaʻai polystyrene foamed hoʻokahi manawa, ʻo ka mea maka nui he polystyrene a me ka mea hoʻohua, ʻo ka polystyrene he styrene polymers, hiki i 65 degere Celsius, e loaʻa kekahi kūlana manuahi o ka styrene a me ka neʻe ʻana o kahi ʻano mea ʻino i kapa ʻia ʻo dioxins, e hōʻino i ke kino o ke kanaka. Eia kekahi, ʻo ka mea puhi he ʻano mea kemika hoʻi e hōʻino i ke kino o ke kanaka. ʻO kekahi mau pahu meaʻai lawe e uhaki ana i nā kūlana aupuni o ka hoʻopau ʻana e hana i kahi ʻala ʻoluʻolu ʻole ke hoʻopiha ʻia me ka meaʻai wela, ʻo ia nā mea ʻawaʻawa i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e nā pahu meaʻai plastik foaming. E hōʻeha kēia mau mea i ka ʻōnaehana nerve waena o ke kanaka a hoʻoweliweli nui i ke olakino o kānaka.
