| On December 10, 2019, Representative Haley Stevens (D-MI11) and two other Democrat Representatives launched CPSTF https://stevens.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-stevens-launches-congressional-plastics-solutions-task-force which is intended to bring state and local officials and industry representatives together to “… facilitate investment in recycling technologies and promote education on plastics generation and recovery …” – Task Force members “… will convene periodic meetings to: Highlight changes and innovations in the private sector; Increase understanding of the challenges facing our domestic recycling infrastructure; Identify and discuss innovative approaches to plastics generation and recovery, as well as the latest research on those topics; [and] Build consensus among Members of Congress around opportunities to address plastic waste …” – Rep. Stevens is Chair of the Research and Technology Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee https://science.house.gov/subcommittees/research-and-technology-116th-congress – Summarized by Jack Cooper – JLC@adfpi.org – Text to 301 384 8287 – #SingleUsePlastics #FoodPackaging #PlasticWaste #PlasticPackaging #MicroPlastic #Recycling |
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).
