According to a March 11, 2020 report issued by EASAC (European Academies’ Science Advisory Council – formed by the national science academies of the EU Member States, Norway and Switzerland) https://easac.eu/media-room/press-releases/details/packaging-plastics-in-the-circular-economy0/ “… fundamental and systemic reforms are required along the whole value chain, in order to slow and reverse damage to the environment, biodiversity and ultimately risks to human health … European legislators should adopt rules and incentives to speed up the move towards a Circular Plastic Waste Economy …” – The report contains seven recommendations: 1. Ban exports of plastic waste; 2. Adopt a target of zero plastic waste to landfill, minimise consumption and one-way use; 3. Extend producer responsibility; 4. End misleading about bio-based alternatives; 5. Advanced recycling and reprocessing technology; 6. Limiting additives and types of resin to improve recyclability; and 7. Price regulations and quota for recycled content – #Recycling #PlasticWaste #EASAC #SingleUsePlastic #FoodPackaging #PlasticPackaging
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).
