E ai ki te ingoa, ka whakamahia te pouaka tākai kai hei tākai i ngā pouaka kai, ka taea te whakarōpū i runga i ngā rauemi pēnei i: te pouaka rakau, te pouaka pepa, te pouaka kakahu, te pouaka hiako, te pouaka rino, te pouaka tākai kowakawaka, me ētahi atu, ka taea hoki te whakarōpū i runga i te ingoa o te hua pēnei i: te pouaka koha, te pouaka waina, te pouaka tiakarete, te pouaka pene, te pouaka tākai kai, te pouaka tākai tī, me ētahi atu. Ināianei kua whanake hei pouaka i hangaia ki te rakau, pepa me ētahi atu rauemi i konatunatua. Ko te mahi a te pouaka tākai: te whakarite i te haumaru o te kai i te wā e kawe ana, te whakapai ake i te kounga o ngā hua, me ētahi atu. Ko te kaupapa matua o te pouaka tākai kai ko te tiaki i te kai mai i te awe o ngā āhuatanga matū me te moroiti, kia kore ai e rerekē te hanganga kai me te kounga o te kai, kia tiakina ai te hauora o ngā kaihoko. Hei tāpiri, he maha ngā āhuatanga watea mō te kawe, te rokiroki, te hoko me te whakamahi i ngā kai kua tākaihia, me te whakatairanga i te hoko. Ka taea e te tākai kai tika te whakaroa i tōna roanga rokiroki me te roanga o te wā, ā, ka tino whakaiti i te ia o te pirau o te kai. Ko ngā āhuatanga e pā ana ki te kounga o te kai ko: – te māramatanga; Ko te tuarua ko te pāmahana; Ko te tuatoru ko te hāora; Ko te whā ko te haumākū; Ko te tuarima, ko ngā moroiti. Mai i te whakaputanga kai, te hoko me te kai i ngā tirohanga e toru, ko te kaupapa o te pouaka takai kai: – he ārai i te pirau, he whakarite i te kounga; Tuarua, he ārai i te parahanga moroiti me te puehu; Tuatoru, he whakatikatika me te tere ake i te whakaputanga kai; Tuawhā, he pai mō te kawe me te tohatoha; Tuarima, he whakapiki i te uara o te kai. Ko te pouaka takai kai e ai ki tōna hanganga rauemi mata, ka wehea ki te polyethylene, te polypropylene, te polystyrene, te polyvinyl chloride me ētahi atu momo, he kirihou haumaru te polyethylene, te polypropylene, ka taea te whakamahi hei pupuri kai. Ko te ingoa katoa o ngā pouaka kirihou pahuka tuku iho he pouaka paramanawa polystyrene pahuka kotahi, ko te rauemi mata matua ko te polystyrene me te kaihoko pahuka, ko te polystyrene he polymer styrene, ka tae ki te 65 nekehanga Celsius, ka noho noa te styrene me te hekenga o tētahi momo matū kino e kiia nei ko te dioxins, ka kino ki te tinana tangata. Hei tāpiri, ko te kaihoko pupuhi he momo matū kino ki te tinana tangata. Ko ētahi pouaka kai tango kai e takahi ana i ngā paerewa ā-motu mō te kai ka puta he kakara kino ina kī ana i te kai wera, arā, ko ngā matū paitini e tukuna ana e ngā pouaka kai kirihou pahuka. Ka pā kino ēnei matū ki te pūnaha io matua o te tangata, ā, ka tino mōrearea hoki te hauora o te tangata.
