Nā Kīʻaha Kofe Pepa: Nā Moku Hoʻomau no ka Pilina

I ko kākou honua kikohoʻe e ulu nui ana, ʻo ka poʻe haʻahaʻakīʻaha kope pepaua lilo i mea nui hou ma ke ʻano he mea hiki ke hoʻopili i ke kanaka ma luna o ke kofe. E hele i loko o kekahi hale ʻaina a keʻena paha a e ʻike ʻoe i nā kānaka e pili ana ma luna o nā kīʻaha pepa - nā hoa e kamaʻilio ana, nā hoa hana e hana pū ana, a me nā hoaaloha e launa pū ana. ʻO ke kani maʻamau o nā kīʻaha pepa ke kani o nā pilina e kūkulu ʻia a hānai ʻia.

Ke ʻike nei nā kīʻaha kope pepa i ka piʻi ʻana o ke koi ma muli o ka piʻi ʻana o ke kaulana o ke kope, ʻoi aku hoʻi i waena o nā millennials a me nā hanauna ʻōpio. Wahi a ka noiʻi makahiki a ka National Coffee Association (NCA), 64% o nā ʻAmelika e inu ana i ke kope i kēlā me kēia lā - he kiʻekiʻe loa ia i loko o ʻeono makahiki. Hoʻokahi i loko o ʻelima e inu i nā kīʻaha he nui i ka lā. Ua hōʻike ka Paperboard Packaging Council e hoʻohana ʻia ana ma kahi o 4 biliona mau kīʻaha kope pepa i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma US a me Kanada, me ka piʻi ʻana o ke koi ma ka 4.5% i kēlā me kēia makahiki.

Ua lilo nā kīʻaha pepa i mea nui i ka moʻomeheu kofe no ka mea e hoʻomaʻamaʻa lākou i ka lawe ʻana a me ka launa pū ʻana me ka lehulehu. ʻAʻole e like me nā kīʻaha a i ʻole nā ​​ʻōmole, ʻae nā kīʻaha pepa māmā akā paʻa i nā kānaka e lawe i ke kofe me lākou i ka wā e hele ana, e hoʻokele ana, a e noho pū ana paha. Kōkua lākou i ka mālama ʻana i ka mahana me ka pale ʻana i ka ninini ʻana a hiki ke paʻa ʻia ʻoiai ke hoʻopiha ʻia me ka wai e kokoke ana i ka paila.

Ua ʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi a ka Earthwatch Institute he hapakolu o nā kamaʻilio ʻana e hana ʻia ana ma luna o ke kofe. Hāʻawi nā kīʻaha pepa i kahi ala kūpono no kēia mau pilina, e hiki ai ke kaʻana like i kahi ʻike like. ʻO ko lākou manaʻo maʻa a hōʻoluʻolu hoʻi i ko mākou mau lima i ko mākou kamaʻilio ʻana e hoʻolilo i nā kīʻaha iā lākou iho i hōʻailona o nā pilina a mākou e hana ai.

ʻOiai ua hoʻohewa ʻia nā kīʻaha pepa ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻopilikia i ke kaiapuni, ua hoʻomaka nā ʻoihana i ka hana hoʻomau a me nā papahana hana hou. Hoʻohana ka nui i nā mea hou, biodegradable a hana i nā ʻōpala liʻiliʻi. ʻAe nā wahi he nui i nā kīʻaha pepa no ka hana hou ʻana a me ka composting, a ke kū mai nei nā koho hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia.

ʻOiai he ʻāpana liʻiliʻi ia o ko kākou ola o kēlā me kēia lā, ua lilo nā kīʻaha kope pepa i mea nui loa ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻoikaika i ka pilina kanaka. Ke hoʻomau nei ke kope i ka huki ʻana iā kākou, hoʻoulu nā kīʻaha pepa hoʻomau i nā pilina a me nā pilina e hoʻolilo iā kākou i kanaka. Ua lilo ko lākou ʻūlū ʻana i leo hōʻoluʻolu o ka pilina i loko o kahi honua pilikino ʻole. No ke kuleana a lākou e pāʻani ai i ka lawe ʻana mai i nā kānaka me ke kofe, ua hoʻokumu nā kīʻaha pepa iā lākou iho he mea pono ʻole. ʻO ko lākou wā e hiki mai ana, e like me ka wā e hiki mai ana o nā pilina kanaka, ke nānā aku nei he mālamalama.

Mai ka ʻAhahui Kofe Lahui, ʻAha Kūkākūkā Paperboard Packaging, Earthwatch Institute.