On December 1, 2020, by unanimous consent, the US Senate approved S.1982, the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act and sent it to the President for signature – The bill had been previously approved by voice vote by the House – The bill is too complex to summarize here; however, some of its provisions address “Combating Marine Debris,” establishment of a “Genius Prize for Save Our Seas Innovations,” “Enhanced Global Engagement,” and “Improving Domestic Infrastructure to Prevent Marine Debris” - The bill requires a “Study on effects of microplastics in food supplies and sources of drinking water,” a report “… on opportunities for innovative uses of plastic waste … [development of a] Strategy for improving post-consumer materials management and water management … [a] Report on economic incentives to spur development of new end-use markets for recycled plastics … [and a] Report on minimizing the creation of new plastic waste …” - The web links to the bill passage and text are included in the post on the home page of Plastic Food Packaging Waste News at https://pfpw.news/2020/12/03/save-our-seas-2-0-act-sent-to-president-for-signature/ #PlasticWaste #Recycling #PlasticPackaging #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).
