Ko te waikawa polylactic (PLA) te mea tino kaha ki te kume me te ngāwari. Ka taea hoki te whakaputa i te PLA mā roto i ngā tikanga tukatuka noa, pērā i te whakarewa i te whakarewa i te whakarewa, te werohanga whakarewa, te pupuhi kiriata whakarewa, te pahuka whakarewa me te whakakorekore. He rite tonu ngā āhuatanga hanga ki ngā polymer e whakamahia whānuitia ana. Hei tāpiri, he rite tonu te mahi tā ki ngā kiriata tuku iho. Mā tēnei, ka taea te hanga i te waikawa polylactic hei momo hua tono e ai ki ngā hiahia o ngā ahumahi rerekē.
He pai te uruhanga o te hau, te uruhanga hāora me te uruhanga waro hauhā o te kiriata waikawa lactic (PLA). He āhuatanga anō hoki tōna hei wehe i te haunga. He ngāwari te piri o ngā huaketo me ngā pokepokea ai ki te mata o ngā kirihou pirau-ora, nō reira kei te ruarua te haumaru me te akuaku. Heoi, ko te waikawa polylactic anake te kirihou pirau-ora he tino ātete ki ngā huakita me te harore.
Ina tahuna te waikawa polylactic (PLA), ko tōna uara wera he rite ki te pepa tahuna, he haurua tēnei o te wera o ngā kirihou tuku iho (pērā i te polyethylene), ā, e kore rawa te tahunga o te PLA e tuku i ngā hau paitini pērā i ngā nitrides me ngā sulfides. Kei roto hoki i te tinana tangata te waikawa lactic i te āhua o te monomer, e tohu ana i te haumaru o tēnei hua pirau.