II. He aha te Kapu Aikurīmi Pirau-ā-Tūroa
A. He kupu whakataki ki te kapu gelato pirau
Ko te kapu gelato pirau-ā-taiao he momo ipu kāore e taea te whakamahi anō, he mea hanga mai i ngā hua ka taea te pakaru i roto i te taiao, engari kāore e whara. Kua hangaia ēnei kapu hei kōwhiringa pai mō te taiao, hei whakakapi i te kirihou tuku iho, i te kirihou rānei.polystyrenengā kapu pahuka, e roa pea ngā rau tau e pirau ai, ā, ka tāpiri atu ki te parahanga me te para i roto i ngā puranga paru.
I te āhua, he rerekē ngā kapu inu makariri pirau-ā-taiao i ngā kapu i hangaia ki ngā kirihou hinu. Ka taea e koe te tirotiro i ngā kai o te takai hua māu ake mā te titiro tata ki te raro o tētahi mea kirihou. Ka kitea e koe he tau i roto i tētahi tapatoru i hangaia ki ngā pere. Ka kiia tēnei ko te tohu rauemi, ā, kei waenga i te 1 ki te 7 ngā tau. Ko ia tau e rite ana ki tētahi rauemi rerekē. Mō ngā kapu kirihou noa, ko te waehere ko te 5, e rite ana ki te polypropylene. He polymer thermoplastic totoka te polypropylene e mahi ana hei ārai makuku, ā, he ātete ki te wera. Ahakoa he uaua, he ātete hoki ki te maha o ngā whakarewa, ka taea te whakamahi anō. I tētahi atu taha, ki te mutu ki te whenua ururua, ka roa pea te wā.20 ki te 500 taukia pirau rawatia.
B. Ngā Kapu Pepa Kirihou me ngā Kapu Pepa Pirau-koiora: He Tirohanga Tata ki ngā Rerekētanga
Ko ngā kapu gelato kirihou, i ahu mai i ngā puna hinu kāore e taea te whakahou, ka pāngia e te hanganga matū uaua, ā, he nui ngā wero taiao nā te mea kāore e pirau, ka piki ake te paru me ngā tukunga kino i muri i te whakakorenga. I tētahi atu taha, ko ngā kapu pepa pirau taiao, i hangaia mai i ngā muka whakatipu pumau pērā i te penupenu me te bamboo, he māmā ake te tukanga hanga pērā i te hanga pepa, ka pirau noa hei matū haumaru, ā, ka hangai ki ngā tikanga me ngā mahere e pai ana ki te taiao, ka waiho hei whiringa pai mō ngā tono e aro ana ki te taiao ahakoa he nui ake te utu.
E ai ki te whakatau tata, mēnā ka huri katoa ngā mahi hanga kirihou ki ngā biopolymer, ka tino heke iho ngā tukunga hau kati kōtuhi i roto i ngā Unified Specifies mā te tata ki25 ōrau.