ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi koho antibacterial a biodegradable i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni maʻamau hiki ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻōpala a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka palekana meaʻai.
Nā mea noiʻi mai ke kula ʻo Harvard T.H. o ke ola olakino Ua hana ʻo Chan University a me Nanyang Technological University ma Singapore i kahi hōʻailona biodegradable hou.
Hoʻohana ʻia ia no nā huahana meaʻai e like me ka ʻiʻo, ka iʻa, nā mea kanu hou a me nā huaʻai, a me nā kīʻaha mākaukau e ʻai.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Polofesa Mary Chen, ka luna o ka Center for Antimicrobial Bioengineering, ka mea e alakaʻi nei i ka papahana, ʻo ka pahuhopu o ka hui ke hoʻololi i ka paʻi plastik maʻamau me kahi mea hoʻonaninani hou e pāpālua i ke ola o ka meaʻai.
Hana ʻia ka ʻeke meaʻai plastik hou mai kahi pūmua kulina i kapa ʻia ʻo zein, potato starch a me nā biopolymers kūlohelohe ʻē aʻe, i hoʻopili ʻia me ka hui ʻana o nā pūhui antimicrobial kūlohelohe me ka aila thyme a me ka waikawa citric.
Ke hōʻike ʻia i ka haʻahaʻa kiʻekiʻe a i ʻole nā enzyme i hana ʻia e ka bacteria ʻino, hoʻokuʻu nā fiber packaging i nā pūhui antimicrobial maoli, e pepehi ana i nā pathogens.
I kēia manawa, ʻoi aku ke kumukūʻai o kēia mea hoʻopihapiha ma kahi o 50 pākēneka ma mua o ka hoʻopili plastik maʻamau.