According to a January 19, 2020 Reuters story, by the end of 2020, China will ban the use of plastic bags in all major cities and the restaurant industry will be banned from using single-use straws https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/19/china-moves-to-phase-out-single-use-plastics - Plastic bags are to be banned in all cities and towns in 2022; however, markets selling fresh produce will be exempt from the ban until 2025 - Other items such as plastic utensils from takeaway food outlets and plastic courier packages are to be phased out - By 2025, towns and cities across China must reduce the consumption of single-use plastic items in the restaurant industry by 30% - See also the following (in Chinese) government statement: https://www.ndrc.gov.cn/xxgk/jd/jd/202001/t20200119_1219294_ext.html - #FoodPackaging #PlasticPackaging #PlasticWaste #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).
