He wero ā-ao te parahanga kirihou, ā, he mea nui ia mahi iti. Kāore e hiahiatia kia mutu te haerenga o aua kapu PET e ahua whakakorea ana (ngā mea kirihou mārama, māmā) i muri i te inu kotahi! I mua i te maka atu ki roto i te ipu hangarua tika (tirohia tonutia ngā ture ā-rohe!), whakaarohia kia whai oranga auaha anō rātou ki te kāinga. Ko te whakamahi anō i ngā kapu PET he huarahi ngahau, he huarahi aro ki te taiao hei whakaiti i te para me te whakaoho i tō wairua DIY.
Anei ngā whakaaro mohio tekau hei whakarerekē i ō kapu PET kua whakamahia:
1.Ngā Ipu Tīmatanga Purapura Iti:
●Me pēhea: Horoia te kapu, pokaia kia 3-4 ngā kōhao wai ki raro. Whakakīia ki te ranunga kohua, whakatōkia ngā purapura, tāpirihia te ingoa o te tipu ki te kapu.
●He aha: He rahi tino pai mō ngā tipu, he kirihou mārama ka taea e koe te kite i te tipu o te pakiaka. Whakatōkia tika ki te oneone i muri mai (haehae mārire, tapahia rānei te kapu mēnā he matotoru ngā pakiaka).
●Tohutohu: Whakamahia he rino whakapiri (kia tūpato!), he whao wera rānei hei horoi i ngā kōhao wai.
2.Te Makutu Whakahaere (Ngā Pouaka, Ngā Tēpu Mahi, Ngā Rūma Mahi Toi):
●Me pēhea: Tapahia ngā kapu ki te teitei e hiahiatia ana (te teitei mō ngā pene, te poto mō ngā rawhi pepa). Whakarōpūhia kia kotahi ki roto i tētahi paepae, i tētahi pouaka rānei, whakapirihia rānei kia taha ki te taha/ki te turanga kia pumau.
●He aha ai: Whakakorehia ngā taonga iti pēnei i ngā taputapu tari, ngā paraihe whakapaipai, ngā mea mahi toi (pātene, piripiri), ngā taputapu (wīra, whao), ngā mea kakara rānei ki roto i te pouaka.
●Tohutohu: Whakapaipaihia te taha o waho ki te peita, ki te papanga, ki te rīpene whakapaipai rānei hei hanga i tētahi pa whaiaro.
3.Ngā Papa Peita me ngā Paepae Whakaranu:
●Me pēhea: Whakamahia noa he kapu ma! Ringihia he iti noa ngā tae peita rerekē ki roto i ngā kapu takitahi mō ngā mahi toi a ngā tamariki, mō āu ake kaupapa rānei. Whakamahia he kapu nui ake hei whakaranu i ngā tae ritenga, hei whakangawari rānei i te peita.
●He aha: He māmā te horoi (tukua kia maroke te peita, ka tihorea, ka hangarua rānei te kapu), ka ārai i te poke o te peita, ka taea te kawe.
●Tohutohu: He pai mō ngā peita wai, ngā peita kiriaku, tae atu ki ngā kaupapa kapia epoxy iti.
4.Kaiwhakarato Taonga Tākaro Mōkai, Whāngai rānei:
●Me pēhea (Taonga Tākaro): Tapahia he kōhao iti he nui ake i te kibble i ngā taha o te kapu. Whakakīia ki ngā kai maroke, taupokina te pito (whakamahia tētahi atu raro kapu, te rīpene rānei), ā, tukua tō mōkai kia whiua haeretia kia tukuna ngā kai.
●Me pēhea (Whāngai): Tapahia he kōhao piko tata ki te taha kia māmā ai te uru atu. Whakamaua kia mau ki te pakitara, ki roto rānei i te whare herehere mō ngā mōkai iti pēnei i te manu, i te kiore rānei (kia kaua e koi ngā taha!).
●He aha: Ka whai hua, ka āta whāngai hoki. He otinga pai mō te wā poto.
5.Ngā Whakapaipai Hararei:
●Me pēhea: Kia auaha! Tapahia kia rīpene hei whakapaipai i ngā tauera, peitahia, ka whakarārangihia mō ngā rākau Kirihimete iti, whakapaipaihia hei rama whakamataku mō te Hārowini (tāpirihia he rama tī pākahiko!), hangaia rānei hei whakapaipai.
●He aha: He māmā, he ngāwari ki te whakarite, he huarahi iti te utu ki te waihanga i te ataahua o te wā.
●Tohutohu: Whakamahia he pene tuturu, he peita kiriaku, he mea kanapa, he papanga/pepa rānei kua pirihia.
6.Ngā Kapu Kai Māmā, Ngā Kapu Tōpana rānei:
●Me pēhea: Horoia rawatia ngā kapu, ā, whakamarokehia. Whakamahia mō ngā kai takitahi o ngā nati, ngā hua rākau, ngā ranu ara, ngā parai, te salsa, te hummus, te ranu huamata rānei.–he tino pai mō ngā pikiniki, mō ngā tina a ngā tamariki, mō te whakahaere rānei i ngā tohanga.
●He aha: He mama, he ātete ki te pakaru, he taea te whakarārangi. Ka whakaiti i te hiahia mō ngā peihana, ngā putea rānei hei whakamahi.
●He mea nui: Whakamahia anō ngā kapu kāore i pakaru (kāore he ngatata, he karawarawa hōhonu) ā, kua horoia pai. He pai mō ngā kai maroke, mō te whakamahinga poto rānei me ngā inu. Maka atu mēnā kua paru, kua karawarawa rānei.
7.Ngā Taupoki Tiaki mō ngā Tipu me ngā Tipu Iti:
●Me pēhea: Tapahia te raro o tētahi kapu PET nui. Whakatakotoria mārire ki runga i ngā tipu ngawari o te māra, me te pēhi mārire i te taha ki roto i te oneone.
●He aha: Ka waihanga i tētahi whare kati kōtuhi iti, hei tiaki i ngā tipu mai i ngā hukapapa māmā, te hau, te ua nui, me ngā pepeke pēnei i te manu, i te ngarara rānei.
●Tohutohu: Tangohia i ngā rā mahana hei ārai i te wera nui, hei tuku hoki i te hau.
8.Ngā Pātū Pouaka, Ngā Pātū Kāpata rānei:
●Me pēhea: Tapahia he porowhita iti, he tapawhā rānei (tata ki te 1-2 inihi te whānui) mai i te wāhanga matotoru o raro o te kapu. He pai ake te whakamahi i ngā papa piri, engari ka taea hoki e koe te whakapiri i ēnei wahi kirihou ki roto i ngā tatau o te kāpata, i ngā pouaka rānei.
●He aha: Ka ārai i te pā, ka whakaiti hoki i te haruru. He iti noa te kirihou e whakamahia ana.
●Tohutohu: Me whakarite he kaha te kāpia, ā, he pai mō te mata.
9.Ngā Pouaka Rama Tī e Mānu ana:
●Me pēhea: Tapahia ngā kapu kia 1-2 inihi te teitei. Whakanohoia he rama tī e whakahaerehia ana e te pākahiko ki roto. Whakarewahia ētahi ki roto i tētahi peihana wai hei whakapaipai ataahua i waenganui.
●He aha: Ka waihanga i tētahi mārama ā-taiao haumaru, ātete-wai, me te huatau. Kāore he mōrearea ahi.
●Tohutohu: Whakapaipaihia te taha waho o ngā mowhiti kapu ki ngā tohu ārai wai, whakapirihia rānei ki ngā pītiti iti/karaehe moana i mua i te mānu.
10.Ngā Tā me ngā Pokepoke Mahi Toi a ngā Tamariki:
●Me pēhea (Ngā Tā): Tōia te awhi, ngā āhua rānei kua tapahia mai i te raro o te kapu ki roto i te peita hei tā i ngā porowhita, i ngā tauira rānei.
●Me pēhea (Ngā pokepokea ai): Whakamahia ngā āhua kapu mō te paraoa pokepoke, ngā whare onepu, tae atu ki te whakarewa i ngā pene rākau tawhito hei hanga āhua rerekē.
●He aha: Ka akiaki i te auahatanga me te whakamātautau i te āhua. He ngāwari te whakakapi.
Kia maumahara ki te Haumaru me te Akuaku:
●Horoia rawatia: Horoia ngā kapu ki te wai wera, hopi hoki i mua i te whakamahinga anō. Kia kore he toenga o ngā toenga.
●Tirohia marietia: Whakamahia anō ngā kapu kāore anō kia pakaru–kāore he ngatata, he karawarawa hōhonu, he kapua rānei. Ka taea e te kirihou pakaru te pupuri i ngā huakita, ā, ka mimiti pea ngā matū.
●Kia Mōhio ki ngā Here: Kāore te kirihou PET i hangaia mō te whakamahinga roa me te kai, inā koa ngā mea waikawa, ngā mea wera rānei, mō te whakamahi rānei i roto i te mīhini horoi rihi/ngaruiti. Me whakamahi noa i ngā mea maroke, ngā mea makariri, ngā mea ehara i te kai.
●Whakamahi Anō i runga i te Tika: Ina kua tawhito te kapu, kua kore rānei e tika mō te whakamahi anō, me whakarite kia maka ki roto i tō ipu hangarua kua tohua (kia ma, kia maroke!).
He aha te Hiranga o tēnei:
Mā te whakamahi anō i ngā kapu PET i runga i te auahatanga, ahakoa kotahi, e rua rānei ngā wā i mua i te hangarua, ka:
●Whakaitihia te Para o te Ipu Para: Tahurihia te kirihou mai i ngā ipu para e puea ake ana.
●Tiakina ngā Rauemi: Mā te iti ake o te hiahia mō te hanga kirihou hou ka penapenahia te pūngao me ngā rauemi mata.
●Whakaitihia te Parahanga: Āwhina ki te aukati i te kirihou kia uru ki roto i ngā moana me te kino ki ngā kararehe mohoao.
●Whakaoho Auahatanga: Ka huri i ngā "para" hei taonga whai hua, hei taonga ataahua rānei.
●Te Whakatairanga i te Whakapau Whakaaroaro: Ka akiaki i te whakaaro nui ki tua atu i te whakamahinga kotahi.
Wā tuku: Hurae-30-2025
