Kōwhaiwai tāhū mo ngā pākētanga kua whiwhi i te whakamahi matua i te ao whakapā pākē, e taea ana ki ngā hiahia ā-mutunga o te whakapā i runga i ngā pākē rerekē. Ka puta ngā pākē i ngā wawata rerekē me ngā āhuatanga matawhaitanga rerekē, ko ngā kōwhaiwai tāhū ka hangaia hei whakaeke i ngā momo takahanga me ngā hiahia o ia motu. Ko te whakapiri he momo kīwaha nui i te waehere i te pākē, ko ngā kōwhaiwai tāhū e pai ana i tenei tūranga. Ko ngā tāhū i roto i te kōwhaiwai ka awhina ki te mēngi me te iti nei te whakarite i te matawhaitanga o te pākē i te tahitahi, ā, ka whakaae te kōwhaiwai ki te whakapiri me te whakatū mai i tētahi hononga kaha. He rerekē ngā pākē motu, pēnei i te PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate), PP (Polypropylene), me te PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride), ko ngā whakauru kōwhaiwai tāhū ka whakatikaia ki te whakamana i te whakapiri pai rawa. Ko tenei hononga kaha ka tiakina nga hanga whakapā i runga i ngā mahi pākē, ahakoa i te whakahaere, te tuku ki te waka, me te whakamahi tuatahi. Ko te whanaketanga o ngā kōwhaiwai tāhū i runga i te pākē he mea nui hoki. Ka noho ngā mahi pākē i roto i ngā take tuawhenua, pēnei i te kiritau, te wai, me te tomo pūmau. Ko ngā kōwhaiwai tāhū ka hanga i tētahi pūnaha pūmau āhua noa iho, engari ka pūmau, ka taea te whakarite i enei take. He whakatakoto pūmau rānei ki te tūpato me te whakauru pūmau, ka tiakina ngā kōwhai whakapā i te whakapae. Ko te whakahoki kōwhai he mea hou hoki o ngā kōwhaiwai tāhū mo te pākē. E taea ana e ēnei kōwhaiwai te whakaputa i te nui o ngā tae whakaaturanga me te whakapai pai rawa, ka whakapakari i te whakaaturanga o ngā mahi pākē. Ahakoa te whakapā o ngā tohu kahurangi ki runga i ngā kōpū pākē ranei, me ngā kohikohi whakaaturanga i runga i ngā kāri pākē, ka taea e ngā kōwhaiwai tāhū te whakapae pai ki ngā tae whakaaweawe, ka whakapakari i te pai o ngā mahi ki ngā kaiwhakamahi. Kei te whai mana ngā kōwhaiwai tāhū mo te pākē ki ngā momo whakapā rerekē, inaianei ko te whakapā karetao, te whakapā karara, me te whakapā inkjet rorohiko. Ko tenei mana ka tukuna i te wāhanga whakapā, ka whakaaetia ki ngā kaihanga kia whakapuhuri i te momo whakapā pai rawa i te hunga i te waenganui o ō rātau hiahia hanga. Ko te pūtake haerehere o te kōwhaiwai ka whiwhi hoki ki te whakapai i te wehewehe mahi, ka heke i te wā i waenganui i ngā paerewa whakapā me te iti i te hoko i te whakapā. Ki te whai mana te mōhiohio ā-waho, he tūhura tonu te hīkoi ki te hanga i ngā whakauru kōwhaiwai tāhū pai rawa mo te pākē. Ka mahi ngā kaihanga ki te heke i te āhuatanga VOC i roto i ēnei kōwhaiwai, me te rapu i ngā tāhū kē kia iti ai te āhuatanga ā-waiwai, ahakoa te whakamana pai o te whakapā.