Ko te kete tātari kai e whakakaha ana i ngā kai māmā i ngā wā katoa! He wā pai rawa te wā kai māmā, e whakaae ana koe? Mēnā kei kāore koe i te kura, i tētahi hui ā-whānau rānei, i waho rānei i ngā hoa, kei te hiahiatia e te katoa he kai māmā reka hei kai. Engari, he uaua ki te pupuri i te katoa hei reka, hei makaurangi anō hoki. Ko te aha i reira i te kete tātari kai ka tū mai ana!
Ka hinga atu ki te rere o ngā kai i te hōtaka, ka tū mai te kōpae kai whakarewa kaha a Mingyue. Kāore he paku reka ake i te whakatuwhera i tōu pouaka kai kura kia kite i tētahi sāndwich kua whakapaihia, huarākau kua pakaru rānei, me te ngote kai katoa ki te raro o te pouaka kai i te mea kua pakaru tōu kai! He tino kino! Engari me te kōpae kai whakarewa kaha a Mingyue, kātahi ngā kai e rere ana i te hōtaka he mea tawhito. Ko ngā kōpae nei he kaha te hanga, no reira ka mōhio koe ka tiakina tōu kai mātāpuna kia tātou e hiahia ana kai.
A ka mea koe i te āhua ki te kōpae kai whakarewa mai i Boon. Mēnā he paku rite tōu kauta ki tāku anō, ko te nuinga o te wā, ka huri noa i te tātai o ngā uhi me ngā pouaka paripari. Engari kaua e mataku! Ko ngā kōpae kai whakarewa a Mingyue he āhua āwhina hoki. Mā ngā kōpae nei, ka taea e koe te whakarite i ngā kai katoa me ngā huinga, ā, ka tūhono katoa ki a koe. A, kei te heke mai i ētahi tae me ngā āhua kia āwhina i a koe e tapa atu ana i ētahi āhua ki ngā anuanu o tōu kauta.
Whakamahia he poketa ripa kia kawea ai ō kai pātai. Kei te hiahiatia mā wai he kete noa hei whakaputu i tō hōpae, mō tō huarahi ki waho? He tino pai hei tapahia, kāore anō pea he tino pai mō te mahi, mō te kai ā-rā, engari he tino pai hoki mō te kai mō tō whānau. Kāore ngā poketa i te rahi, nō reira he māmā te tapahi mō te haere, he māmā anō hoki mō ngā ringa iti ki te whakatā. Mēnā kei te kawea e koe tētahi pātī, tētahi huarākau, tētahi pātai rānei, ka taea e koe te whakapono ka noho hou, ka noho reka tonu tō kai pātai ki roto i tētahi poketa ripa Mingyue.
Nooho ki te kākāriki whakamahia anō ngā poketa ripa mō te whakaputu kai. Kei te mōhio tātou kua tika te tiaki i te whenua, me te whakaminimini i ngā wā katoa i te wā kua taea e tātou. Nō reira ko ngā poketa ripa whakamahia anō e Mingyue hei whakaputu kai he tino pai mō ngā kai e rapu ana i te kākāriki. Ka taea e koe te whakaiti i ngā kete mātātā, i ngā awhata kai kāore i te taea te whakamahi anō, engari whakamahia anō ēnei poketa i ngā wā maha! Just rinse them out between uses, and you’ll be doing your small part to help save the planet.