According to an April 5, 2021 Waste 360 story https://www.waste360.com/legislation-regulation/new-york-carves-out-epr-bill-variation-similar-bills the State of New York “… is considering an EPR bill (S1185B) that, if passed, will require brands of consumer packaging and paper products to pay to recycle these materials. This includes plastics #1-7, metals, glass, as well as paper from packaging … producers could sell only what state regulators deem acceptable … municipalities could continue running recycling programs … producers would reimburse the government for the work … the Senate and House … are working on separate versions …” #PlasticWaste #Recycling @Waste360
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).
