On February 2, 2022, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=D78048FB-6456-4E91-BC99-AFDD71E61E91 titled “Legislative Proposals to Improve Domestic Recycling and Composting Programs” – Witnesses were representatives of the Biodegradable Products Institute, Detroit Dirt, National Waste and Recycling Association, and International Paper – Their statements are available on the committee website and the introductory statement by Committee Chair, Tom Carper of Delaware is here: https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases-democratic?ID=1FE46D6C-DDAD-4600-BF21-D875E416E101 – He noted that the hearing focused on the introduced Recycling and Composting Accountability Act which would “… improve EPA’s ability to gather data on our nation’s recycling systems and explore opportunities for implementing a national composting strategy … [and the introduced] Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act [which would create] a pilot program at EPA to improve recycling services in underserved areas …” #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).
