Te mīhini whakapapa ā-moe mō ngā pākiri i te Uepu o te Tiriti o Rōmā ka kitea he whai hē ki te whakahau i ngā tau nei, e whakaatu ana i ngā ture moeao matatika me te tono nui ake mō ngā whakahaere whakapapa kua ora. I te kāinga kai o te Uepu, kei reira te mōhiohio moeao nui, ko ngā pākiri whakapakanga hei whakamahi i waenganui i ngā whenua rerekē, pērā i ngā kai, ngā mona, ngā toiora, me ngā mea whakamahia e te hunga noho. E paihiko ana ngā mīhini whakapapa ā-moe mō ngā pākiri i te mea he iti ngā taunga wai matatika (VOC) e whai ake nei i ngā ture moeao matatika nui e whakaritea ana e te Whaea Motu o te Ao. Ko ēnei mīhini ka whakatakoto hei whakamahi pai ki runga i ngā momo pākiri rerekē e whai ake nei i te Uepu, inahea ko te polietilēne (PE), ko te polipropilēne (PP), me te polietilēne teretilāte (PET). Ko ngā pūngao i roto i ngā mīhini whakapapa ā-moe mō ngā pākiri ka whakatupu hei whakatū whakapuwhenua nui ki te mata o te pākiri, kia mau ai ngā kōrero whakapapa i waenganui i te mahi whakapakanga, te haere atu, me te whakamahi i te mutunga. Ko ngā pikiwhara kua tīpakohia hei whakamahi i te mea he nui te rangi kahurangi, te tae ao, me te whiuwhe ki te whakapae, kia taea te whakaaturanga i ngā tae nui me ngā tae tika e pai ana ki ngā hiahia tataki me ngā tatau hanga o ngā kaiwhakamahi i te Uepu. No reira, ko ngā paihikaro whakaritea mai o ngā mīhini whakapapa ā-moe mō ngā pākiri hei whakamahi i ngā tūmu whakapapa me ngā mahi e whai ake nei i ngā whare whakapapa o te Uepu. Ko ngā rākau whakaritea hei whakamahi, pērā i ngā rākau āhua me ngā rākau hauhere nui, ka whakamahi hei whakawehi i te wehi o te wai i roto i te mīhini, kia puta ai te mīhini kaiwhawhai me te whakahaere atawhai. Pēnei anō, ko ēnei mīhini ka tuku paiutu ki te wehi, ngā mea moana, me te wehi o te tahuri, e hē ki te mea he nui ngā pākiri whakapakanga e whai ake nei i ngā ahurea moana e whai ake nei i te whakamahinga me te whakapakari i te Uepu. Ka whakauru hoki te whakahaere mīhini whakapapa ā-moe mō ngā pākiri i te Uepu ki te whakamana i ngā hiahia tētahi-tētahi whenua. Hei tauira, i te whenua kai whakapakanga, kua tirohia e ēnei mīhini ngā ture pai kai nui, kia kore ai e whakangungu i te hauora tangata. Ki te whakamua ake te kāinga kai o te Uepu ki te whakamahi atu i ngā whakahaere whakapapa kua ora me te paiutu, ka tūtonoa ai te tono mō ngā mīhini whakapapa ā-moe mō ngā pākiri.