Amakhreyithi epulasitiki ayizitsha eziguquguqukayo neziqinile ezisetshenziselwa izinjongo ezahlukahlukene, okubandakanya ukugcinwa, ukuthutha, kanye nokuhlelwa. Ngokuvamile zenziwe nge-high-density polyethylene (HDPE) noma i-polypropylene (PP), okuyizinto eziqinile neziqinile.
Eminyakeni yamuva nje, kube nokukhathazeka okukhulayo mayelana nomthelela wemvelo wamabhokisi epulasitiki namanye amapulasitiki asetshenziswa kanye. Imfucumfucu yepulasitiki, kuhlanganise namakhreyithi, inomthelela ekungcoleni, isongela izilwane zasendle, futhi kuthatha isikhathi eside ukubola.
Ukuze kubhekwane nalokhu kukhathazeka, kwenziwe imizamo yokukhuthaza ukusetshenziswa kwezindlela ezingasetshenziswa kabusha nezilungele imvelo. Ezinye izinkampani seziqalile ukukhiqiza amakhreyithi enziwe ngepulasitiki egaywe kabusha, kuyilapho ezinye zihlola izinto ezihlukile ezifana namakhadibhodi noma izinketho ezibolayo.
Ukwengeza, amazwe nezifunda emhlabeni jikelele zisebenzisa imithethonqubo yokunciphisa udoti wepulasitiki, okuhlanganisa ukuvinjelwa noma imingcele ezinhlotsheni ezithile zeziqukathi zepulasitiki njengezikhwama ezisetshenziswa kanye noma iziqukathi zokudla ezinegwebu le-polystyrene.
Kuhlale kuwumqondo omuhle ukuhambisana nezindaba zakamuva kanye nentuthuko kule ndawo ukuze uhlale unolwazi mayelana nentuthuko yezinye izindlela zamakhreyithi epulasitiki kanye nezindlela zokupakisha ezisimeme.