ʻAʻole hiki ke hōʻole ʻia nā pōmaikaʻi o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kīʻaha pepa recyclable. Hana ʻia kēia mau kīʻaha mai nā huahana lāʻau mai nā ululāʻau, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana he kumu waiwai hou. Ke hana hou ʻia, wāwahi ʻia nā kīʻaha pepa i pulp, a laila hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia no ka hana ʻana i nā huahana pepa ʻē aʻe e like me nā kiko, nā kāleka aloha, a i ʻole nā pahu pahu. ʻO kēia kaʻina hana pani pani e hoʻemi nui i ka nui o nā ʻōpala i hoʻouna ʻia i nā ʻāina ʻāina a kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe.
ʻO Bethanie Carney Almroth, he kanaka koʻikoʻi i ka ʻepekema kaiapuni, e hōʻike ana, "ʻO nā kīʻaha pepa he mea hoʻomau no ka mea ua hana ʻia mai nā huahana lāʻau mai nā ululāʻau ʻAmelika." ʻAʻole kōkua wale kēia i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka wāwae kalapona akā kākoʻo pū kekahi i nā hana ulu lāʻau hoʻomau.
No nā ʻoihana, ʻo ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kīʻaha pepa recyclable he ala maʻalahi e hōʻike i ka kūpaʻa i ka hoʻomau. Inā ʻoe e holo i kahi cafe liʻiliʻi a i ʻole hui nui, hiki i kēia koho ke hoʻonui i kāu kiʻi brand a hoʻopiʻi i nā mea kūʻai aku eco-conscious.