On February 5, 2020, the Center for Biological Diversity https://biologicaldiversity.org, Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii http://sustainablecoastlineshawaii.org/ and Surfrider Foundation https://www.surfrider.org/ filed a suit against EPA for “… Failure to Protect Hawaiian Waters From Plastic Pollution …” https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/lawsuit-targets-trump-administrations-failure-to-protect-hawaiian-waters-from-plastic-pollution-2020-02-05/ - The suit alleges that EPA failed “… to protect 17 coastal water bodies around Hawaii from widescale plastic pollution that covers beaches, degrades coral reefs and threatens birds, fish, sea turtles and other wildlife …” – The legal action is based on “… studies showing widespread plastic pollution in Hawaii’s coastal waters … [and requests that the Agency] declare the waters ‘impaired’ under the Clean Water Act …” – The suit argues that “…Once a water body is designated as impaired, officials must take action to reduce the pollution …” #Microplastics #PlasticPackaging #FoodPackaging #PlasticWaste
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).
