A March 1, 2022 Flexible Packaging Initiative news release https://flexiblepackaginginitiative.eu/ reports that Mars, Mondelēz International, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever are supporting “… a circular economy for flexible packaging … the companies aim to improve recycling infrastructure … the companies are committed to work with partners and governmental bodies to improve infrastructure, go beyond individual packaging design efforts by providing concrete proposals to help enable effective collection, improved sorting and innovative recycling of flexible packaging across Europe … they are focusing on: … more ambitious recycling targets, landfill ban, minimum incineration … mandatory collection of flexible packaging and harmonised packaging disposal instructions … better sorting … incentives for advanced recycling … [and increasing] investments in circular packaging design, in new sorting and recycling technologies and through eco-modulated EPR fees …” #PlasticWaste #SingleUsePlastic #FlexibleFoodPackaging #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).
