According to a November 13, 2020 news release “… the Government of Canada (GC) is providing $2,256,554 to 16 science-based research projects to learn more about the impacts of plastic pollution on our natural environment and our health … The [GC] recently published the final Science Assessment of Plastic Pollution which looks at the presence of plastic pollution and its effects on the environment and human health …” – The funding supports “… implementation of Canada’s Plastics Science Agenda … [which puts] Canada on a pathway to achieve zero plastic waste by 2030 …” – The web link to the news release is included in the post on the home page of Plastic Food Packaging Waste News http://www.pfpw.news at https://pfpw.news/2020/11/15/plastic-waste-canadas-effort-to-achieve-zero-by-2030/ #PlasticWaste #SingleUsePlastic #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).
