Enkathini yokuklama kabusha, ukwenziwa ngcono noshintsho, ukupakishwa okusha akuvikelekile. Izinsuku zezikhwama zepulasitiki neziqukathi ezilula zepulasitiki azisekho. Labo abaphequlula umnyango wabo wokukhiqiza wendawo - noma umbukiso wezohwebo - bazothola izinhlobonhlobo zezinketho zomkhiqizo osanda kusikwa: amagobolondo epulasitiki ezikhwameni eziphefumulayo, amagobolondo asekelwe kummbila ezitsheni ezinephunga elimnandi.
Thatha, isibonelo, lo mkhiqizo ovela ku-Fabri-Kal. Iziqukathi zayo zepulasitiki ezintsha empeleni zinuka njengomkhiqizo okuzo. Ubuchwepheshe obubizwa nge-ScentSational, buletha umkhiqizo kubathengi ukuze bakwazi ukuhogela nokuwubona esitolo. Ama-strawberries anuka njengama-strawberries. Amajikijolo anuka njengama-blueberries.
“Njengoba imikhiqizo eselungele ukuphakelwa yethulwa ezitsheni ze-Fabri-Kal, kunethuba elihle lokuthi abaphathi bemikhiqizo bathuthukise ngendlela eqinisekile umuzwa wokudla womthengi ngokwandisa iphunga elimnandi,” kusho uCarrie Bertch, umphathi wezokukhangisa we-Fabri-Kal.
Kodwa akugcini lapho. Le nkampani isanda kwethula ubuchwepheshe obumuncayo obuthuthukiswe ngabakwaMaxwell Chase Technologies. Ubuchwepheshe busebenzisa uthuli olumunca kakhulu, olumbozwe into engalukiwe, ukuze lumunce futhi lucuphe umswakama owedlulele ovela ezithelweni nemifino epakishwe ngaphambilini. Ngokombiko wenkampani, lobu buchwepheshe buhlinzeka ngokonakala kokudla okuncishisiwe kanye nemfucuza, ukwanda kokuphepha nokusebenza kahle kwabasebenzi kanye nokwanda kokubukeka komkhiqizo.
Ukupakishwa okusekelwe kummbila nakho kuphakathi kwezitayela. Lobu buchwepheshe, obuncanyelwa izici zemvelo, benza uphawu lwabo. I-NatureWorks PLA ithola impumelelo embonini esanda kusikwa ngemikhiqizo yayo, esukela kuma-thermoform aqinile kuya kumafilimu futhi isuka ezikhwameni iye emabhodleleni.
I-Newman's Own Organics ithathe imikhiqizo ye-NatureWorks yagijima nayo.
“Sibone injabulo enkulu kubathengi abajabulela ukuthi ekugcineni bathole enye indlela ezuzisa imvelo esikhundleni seziqukathi zepulasitiki zendabuko,” kusho uPeter Meehan, oyi-CEO ye-Newman's Own Organics.
I-NatureWorks PLA ingene ezinkontilekeni nabalimi bommbila ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi ummbila ogciniwe, ongewona owe-GMO uzosetshenziselwa ukwenza amabhavu nezivalo ngenkathi yokukhula elandelayo.
Ngokocwaningo olwenziwa yi-Grapentine Company, amaphesenti angama-74 abaphendulile e-United States abalinganisele amaphakheji asekelwe emvelweni ngokuthi “afiseleka kakhulu” angakhokha amasenti amahlanu ngaphezulu ngomkhiqizo opakishwe kuwo.
Omunye umkhuba wokupakisha embonini ungowokugoqa onciphayo kanye namaphakeji we-microwavable. I-Seal Air's Cryovac isanda kwethula iphakethe layo le-Simple Steps elenziwe ngezinto ezikwazi ukungena kalula ezinweba impilo yeshalofu yemikhiqizo ebolayo.
“Njengoba ubona izifunda ziqhubekela phambili ekukhathazekeni ngokuthi abantu abasha badlani, sicabanga ukuthi uhlelo lwethu lwephakeji luziboleka kahle kulowo mnyakazo wonke,” kusho uMyra Foster, imenenja entsha yokuthuthukiswa kwebhizinisi yakwaCryovac kwemikhiqizo. “Ihlangabezana nazo zonke izidingo zephakeji elinempilo, elinomsoco, elisebenziseka kalula, eliphathwa nge-microwavable elifunwa abantu.”
Ifomethi evalwe nge-vacuum ihambisana namakhonsathi omkhiqizo wangaphakathi, othuthukisa isethulo, ukukhanga kwabathengi nempilo yeshelufu.
"Uthola isikhalazo esihle kakhulu sokuthengisa ngoba ungabona umkhiqizo eduze," kusho uFoster.
Kubalulekile kumaphrosesa nabathengisi abasanda kusikwa ukuthi bahlale benolwazi lwakamuva ngamathrendi okupakisha akamuva. Ngokolwazi olunyatheliswe kokuthi “What’s in Store 2005,” olushicilelwe yi-International Dairy-Deli-Bake Association, amaphesenti angu-90 abaphendulile athi izimfanelo zokupakisha zizobathonya ekushintsheni amabhrendi.
Ukuze uthole okwengeziwe ngalokho okusha ekufakweni kwempahla namathuluzi, hlola isigaba Sombukiso Wokupakisha.