ʻO ka mauʻu palaoa he ʻano hou o ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā mea pili i ka honua i hana ʻia ma o ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā mea kanu maoli e like me ka mauʻu, ka laiki, cellulose a me ka resin polymer ma o kahi kaʻina hana kūikawā. Loaʻa iā ia nā waiwai like me nā thermoplastics maʻamau a hiki ke hana pololei ʻia i nā huahana ma o nā mea hana hoʻoheheʻe ʻia.

ʻO nā papa ʻaina mauʻuhe ʻōmaʻomaʻo a pili kaiapuni. He mea kanu lāʻau pili kaiapuni papa. ʻO nā mea waiwai nui he mau mea kanu hoʻoponopono maoli e like me ka'ōpala palaoa, ka'ōpala raiki, ka'ōpala raiki, ka'ōpala kulina, ka'ōpala ohe, ka bagasse, a me nā mea'ē aʻe. Hoʻopili maoli ʻia lākou i ka wela kiʻekiʻe i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana. ʻAʻohe wai ʻōpala, ʻaʻohe kinoea pōʻino a me nā koena ʻōpala i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana. Ma hope o ka hoʻohana ʻana, kanu ʻia lākou i loko o ka lepo a hoʻohaʻahaʻa maoli ʻia i loko o ka mea kanu organik i loko o 3 mau mahina.

1.mauʻu palaoaʻO ka fiber tableware e hoʻemi nui i ke kumukūʻai o nā huahana. ʻOi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ke kumu kūʻai o nā papa ʻaina plastic disposable ma mua o nā mea waiwai biodegradable.

2. ʻO ka mauʻu laiki, ka ʻōpala palaoa, ka ʻōpala kulina, ka ʻōpala pulupulu, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe he pau ʻole a hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia me ka pau ʻole. ʻAʻole lākou he hoʻopakele wale i nā kumu waiwai aila hiki ʻole ke hoʻololi hou ʻia, akā he mālama pū kekahi i nā kumu lāʻau a me nā kumu meaʻai. I ka manawa like, hiki iā lākou ke hōʻoluʻolu maikaʻi i ka haumia koʻikoʻi o ka lewa ma muli o ke puhi ʻana i nā mea kanu i haʻalele ʻia i ka ʻāina mahiʻai a me ka pollution keʻokeʻo koʻikoʻi a me nā pōʻino i hana ʻia e ka ʻōpala palaka i ke kūlohelohe a me ka kaiaola.