Zero Waste Act introduced July 25, 2019 in the House would address the US “Waste Crisis” by creating “… a federal grant program to help local cities … invest in … recycling infrastructure … [and for the creation of] partnerships with local businesses aimed at reducing waste in their operations …”. The bill was introduced by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) who said “… Addressing the waste crisis is critical to preventing further damage to our climate—it’s integral to racial justice and a clean, equitable future … These funds will go towards reducing landfills and incinerators that emit toxic pollution into our communities, especially in low income communities or communities of color …”
Animal Digestible Food Packaging Initiative
Our reason-for-being/goal/purpose/objective/intent is to convince/inspire/persuade/encourage the food processing industry to establish and fund a public private partnership for the discovery of new food packaging materials that would be digestible by animals (farm animals as well as ubiquitous microbes).
