He pai ngā āhuatanga ā-pūkaha me ā-tinana o te PLA. He pai te waikawa polylactic mō te hanga pupuhi, te hanga kirihou wera me ētahi atu tikanga tukatuka, he mea watea, he whānui hoki te whakamahinga. Ka taea te whakamahi hei tukatuka i ngā momo hua kirihou katoa, ngā kai kua tākaihia, ngā pouaka tina kai tere, ngā papanga kore-whatu, ngā papanga ahumahi me ngā papanga ā-iwi mai i te ahumahi ki te whakamahinga ā-iwi. Kātahi ka tukatukahia hei papanga ahuwhenua, hei papanga hauora, hei kakahu taratara, hei hua horoi, hei papanga ārai-iraira o waho, hei papanga tēneti, hei whāriki papa me ētahi atu. He tino whai hua te tirohanga mākete.
He pai te hototahitanga me te pirau. E whakamahia whānuitia ana hoki te waikawa polylactic i roto i te ao rongoā, pērā i te hanga taputapu werohanga whakakorekore, te tuitui pokanga kore e taea te wetewete, te waikawa polylactic ngota iti hei kaihoko takai rongoā tuku-roa, me ētahi atu.
Haunga ngā āhuatanga taketake o ngā kirihou pirau-ora, he āhuatanga ahurei anō hoki tō te waikawa polylactic (PLA). Kāore ngā kirihou pirau-ora tuku iho i te kaha, te mārama, me te ātete ki te huringa āhuarangi pērā i ngā kirihou noa.
He rite ngā āhuatanga ā-tinana o te waikawa polylactic (PLA) ki ngā kirihou hanga matū hinu, arā, ka taea te whakamahi whānuitia hei hanga hua mō ngā momo mahi. He pai te kanapa me te mārama o te waikawa polylactic, he rite ki te kiriata i hangaia ki te polystyrene, kāore e taea te whakarato e ētahi atu hua pirau.