On Thursday, February 13, 2020, the Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA) http://nanotechia.org/news/‘nanoplastics’-terminology-focus-position-paper-nia urged “… caution and clarity when referring to plastics as small particles or fragments. ‘Nanoplastics’ is a non-specific and ambiguous term, and qualifiers should be considered for accurate presentation to all audiences. Incidental ‘nanoplastics’, or more specifically incidental plastic nanoscale materials, can be formed by degradation of plastics or from wear. Manufactured ‘nanoplastics’ (i.e. plastic nanomaterials) are intentionally produced at the nanoscale to allow for specific product characteristics. The presence of manufactured ‘nanoplastics’ within the environment is expected to be very low as they are incorporated into products (i.e. bound in a matrix) …” – The complete NIA position paper is here: http://nanotechia.org/sites/default/files/20200213_nia_nanoplastics_position_lo.pdf #PlasticWaste #MicroPlastic #NanoPlastic #SingleUsePlastic #FoodPackaging
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).
