Ua hoʻomohala ka poʻe ʻepekema i kahi uhi meaʻai non-toxic, biodegradable a antimicrobial hou e hiki ke hōʻemi i ka pau ʻana o ka meaʻai a me ka maʻi lawe ʻia mai ka meaʻai me ka hoʻohui ʻole ʻana i ka plastic i ke kaiapuni. Hōʻike ʻia kahi haʻawina hou e hiki ke hoʻopuʻi maikaʻi ʻia kēia mea i nā mea kanu. Ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana iā lākou, holoi maʻalahi ka haku me ka wai. Ua paʻi ʻia nā hopena o ka haʻawina Iune 20, 2022 ma ʻAi Kūlohelohe.
Hiki ke noho ka plastic i loko o ke kaiapuni no ka manawa lōʻihi, akā hiki ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ka uhi hou. Hoʻokumu ʻia ia ma ka pullulan, kahi polysaccharide polymer i loaʻa mai ka starch. ʻO ka uhi pū kekahi me nā mea antimicrobial kūlohelohe (citric acid a me ka aila thyme) a me ka nisin preservative, ʻo ia mau mea a pau i manaʻo ʻia he palekana no ke kanaka (ke ʻai ʻia i nā huina kūpono).
No ka hana ʻana i ka uhi, ua hoʻohana nā ʻepekema i kahi ʻōnaehana i kapa ʻia ʻo focused rotary jet spinning, a i ʻole FRJS. Hiki ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia ka ʻōnaehana FRJS me kahi mīkini lole pulupulu e wili wikiwiki i ke kō i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ma nā lua liʻiliʻi e hana i nā milo lahilahi hiki ke wili ʻia a puni ka ʻeke pepa. Hoʻokumu pū ʻo FRJS i kahi kahawai nui o nā fiber web spider (i kēia hihia i hana ʻia me ka pullulan, ʻaʻole ke kō ʻono) hiki ke wili ʻia i kahi meaʻai.
Ua hoʻāʻo pū ka hui i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka palekana o ka meaʻai. I ka holo ʻana o nā mea noiʻi i nā hoʻāʻo pono, ʻike lākou i ka emi ʻana o nā heluna bacteria a me nā fungal ma ka ʻili o nā huahana. Ua ʻike pū ka poʻe ʻepekema ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā avocados i uhi ʻia i ka popopo, me ka 50% wale nō o ka hua i hoʻopau ʻia i loko o hoʻokahi pule i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 90% o nā avocados i uhi ʻole ʻia. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo o loko o nā avocados i uhi ʻia.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole kēia ʻo ka uhi antimicrobial mua no ka meaʻai, manaʻo ka poʻe noiʻi ua hana lākou i ka koho ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me ka maʻalahi o ka hana hou ʻana i kēia lā. Manaʻo lākou he mea liʻiliʻi ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka ʻenehana, e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka uhi ʻana o ka fiber silk, pono e hoʻokomo mua ʻia nā huahana i loko o ka mea a maloʻo. ʻO nā hoʻāʻo ʻē aʻe i ka paʻi ʻai meaʻai me ka plastic-free ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni cellulose; ʻAʻole hiki ke holoi ʻia, a pono e hana hou ʻia kekahi.
Ke hana nei ka hui i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ke kaʻina hana uhi no ka hana like ʻana o nā mea huahana he nui. Ke noʻonoʻo nei ka poʻe ʻepekema i nā koho he nui, me kahi ʻōnaehana hoʻokumu i ka pipeline, akā aia kēia i ka hoʻomaka mua o ka hoʻolālā.