According to a June 23, 2020 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) news release https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/report-consumers-and-business-concerned-about-plastic-waste-expect UNEP and “… Food Industry Asia (FIA) today released a regional survey of consumers and food and beverage businesses across South-East Asia that shows a significant disconnect between expectation and action on reducing plastic waste … We will need fundamental change throughout the plastic value chain to achieve clean seas and beat plastic pollution … Consumers are concerned about plastic waste, but are not changing habits … Businesses understand that their current efforts are not sufficient … Targets by businesses on plastic waste need strengthening … Both consumers and businesses want and expect further action by governments. Consumers and businesses recognise that governments are concerned with plastic waste. Key actions by government considered most critical include mandating waste segregation, enhancing collection systems, ensuring consistent labelling on product recycling, and imposing littering fines and charges …” #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).
