ʻO ka pahu ʻaina awakea he pahu kūikawā i hoʻohana ʻia no ka mālama ʻana i nā meaʻai, ʻike ʻia hoʻi he pahu kūpono, ka hapa nui i hana ʻia me ka alumini, ke kila kila, ka plastic.
Loaʻa nā pahu ʻaina awakea i nā pahu ʻaina i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a me nā pahu ʻaina maʻamau.
ʻO ka pahu ʻaina awakea maʻamau he pahu ʻaina maʻamau me ka pūpū wela, me nā ʻaoʻao o loko a me waho i hoʻopiha ʻia me ka plastic foam, a ʻo ka papa o loko i uhi ʻia me ke kiʻi metala.E ho'ēmi i ka wela mai ka conduction, radiation a me ka convection.Hoʻokomo ʻia kahi mea hoʻomehana uila ma waena o ka pahu ʻaina awakea a me ka pūpū e hoʻohui i ka nalowale o ka wela a mālama i ka meaʻai i kahi wela kiʻekiʻe.
ʻO ka pahu ʻaina awakea he ipu ʻilika i hana ʻia me nā mea ʻai-ʻai no ka maʻalahi o ka lawe ʻana i ka meaʻai.He mea palaki maʻamau o ka hale i ko mākou ola ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā, e hoʻolilo iā ia i ipu plastik pono no nā pikiniki a i ʻole nā hikes.Loaʻa nō hoʻi nā pahu ʻaina paʻa i nā ʻano like ʻole a me nā ʻano nui.Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kahi pahu pāʻina pāʻina pāhāhā no ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻano mea like ʻole.He mea maʻalahi nā pahu ʻaina ʻiʻo ʻehā ʻehā e mālama i ka makū i loko o nā meaʻai e like me nā huaʻai, nā mea kanu a me nā meaʻai kai.He kūpono nā pahu ʻaina poʻe ʻulaʻula no nā ʻuala, nā kīʻaha a me nā kīʻaha ʻaoʻao like ʻole.