I te tau 1992, i whakatūria a Far East hei kamupene hangarau e arotahi ana ki te whakawhanake me te hanga mīhini rihi whakarewa muka tipu. I tere tonu tā mātou mahi e te kāwanatanga ki te āwhina i te whakaoti rapanga taiao nui i puta mai i ngā hua Styrofoam. I whakapau kaha mātou ki te whakawhanake i te hangarau mīhini mō te hanga takai ratonga kai e pai ana ki te taiao, ā, kua 27 tau mātou e haumi ana ki ā mātou hangarau me te kaha hanga, hei pou ārahi i muri i te auahatanga o te kamupene me te ahumahi. Tae noa ki tēnei rā, kua hangaia e tā mātou kamupene ngā taputapu rihi whakarewa penupenu, ā, kua whakaratohia he tautoko hangarau (tae atu ki te hoahoa awheawhe, te hoahoa whakarite penupenu, te PID, te whakangungu, te tohutohu tāutanga i te papaanga, te tono mīhini me te tiaki auau mō ngā tau tuatahi e 3) mō te neke atu i te 100 ngā kaihanga rihi me ngā takai kai parai i roto i te whare me tāwāhi.
I pā tonu te whanaketanga o tēnei umanga hou ki te taiao. I te tau 1997, i whānui ake mātou i tua atu i te whakawhanake i te hangarau mīhini anake, ā, ka tīmata te hanga i tā mātou ake raina hua taputapu tēpu tauwhiro. I roto i ngā tau kua pahure ake nei, kua hanga e mātou he whanaungatanga pakari ki ngā kiritaki puta noa i te ao, me te kaweake i ngā hua tauwhiro ki Āhia, ki Ūropi, ki Amerika, me te Middle East. Ka taea hoki e mātou te whakarato i ngā mōhiohio mākete taputapu tēpu kua whakarewaina ki tō mātou hoa mahi.