I ka pūnāwai a me ke kauwela o 2017 a me 2018, ua hoʻokomo ka poʻe noiʻi i nā "hōkele" kūikawā no nā piʻi hihiu mehameha - nā hale me nā puhaka lōʻihi e hiki ai i nā pi ke kūkulu i kahi pūnana no kā lākou ʻōpio. ʻO ka maʻamau, hana ia mau nalo i ko lākou pūnana me ka lepo, nā lau, nā pōhaku, nā petals, nā kohu lāʻau, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e loaʻa iā lākou.
I loko o kekahi o nā pūnana i loaʻa, ua ʻohi nā pi i ka plastic. ʻO ka pūnana, i hana ʻia i ʻekolu mau pūnaewele kaʻawale, ua hana ʻia me ka ʻilika lahilahi, ʻulaʻula uliuli, e like me ka ʻeke ʻeke kūʻai, a me ka plastik keʻokeʻo ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī. Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā pūnana ʻelua ʻē aʻe i aʻo ʻia, i hana ʻia mai nā mea kūlohelohe, ʻoi aku ka haʻahaʻa o kēia pūnana. ʻO kekahi o nā keʻena he ihu make, ʻo kekahi he kanaka makua, a haʻalele i ka pūnana, a waiho ʻia ke kolu o ka cell me ka pau ʻole.
I ka makahiki 2013, ua ʻike nā mea noiʻi e hōʻiliʻili nā pi i ka polyurethane (kahi mea hoʻopihapiha hoʻopihapiha kaulana) a me nā plastic polyethylene (hoʻohana ʻia i loko o nā ʻeke a me nā ʻōmole) e hana i nā pūnana, i hui pū ʻia me nā mea kūlohelohe. Akā ʻo kēia ka hihia mua i ʻike ʻia o ka nalo e hoʻohana ana i ka plastic ma ke ʻano hoʻokahi a me ka mea nui o ka hale.
"Ke hōʻike nei ke aʻo ʻana i ka hiki o nā pi e ʻimi i nā mea ʻē aʻe no ke kūkulu ʻana i nā pūnana," i kākau ai nā mea noiʻi ma ka pepa.
He mea ʻawaʻawa paha ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma nā māla kokoke a me nā wahi ʻai i ka nalo, a i ʻole ka plastic i hoʻomalu maikaʻi iā lākou ma mua o nā lau a me nā lāʻau. ʻO kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao, he hoʻomanaʻo pōʻino ia e hoʻohaumia ana ke kanaka i ke ʻano me ka ʻōpala palaka, a he mau mea naʻauao maoli ka nalo.