On January 18, 2022, the EU DG for Environment https://ec.europa.eu/environment/news/public-consultation-biobased-biodegradable-and-compostable-plastics-2022-01-18_en launched a “… public consultation on biobased, biodegradable and compostable plastics … [upon which comments are sought until March 15, 2022; the consultation is intended to] provide insight for preparing a new policy framework on these groups of plastics. The aim of the new framework … is to address emerging sustainability challenges related to [their] use and by driving innovation, enhancing investment certainty within the internal market and increasing environmental protection … [These] plastics currently make up 1% of the global and European plastic market, with an overall expected growth of 5–8% between 2020 and 2025 … [The consultation] maps the following policy areas to be explored: Policy area 1: The sustainability of the biological feedstock used to produce biobased plastics … Policy area 2: The effective biodegradation of biodegradable and compostable plastics and their role in a circular economy … Policy area 3: Widespread confusion …” #PlasticWaste #SingleUsePlastic #FoodPackaging @EU_ENV
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).
