A July 29, 2022, National Waste & Recycling Association news release https://wasterecycling.org/press_releases/senate-adopts-recycling-legislation-supported-by-nwra/ reports that on July 28, the US Senate passed S.3742, the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2022 and S.3743 the Recycling and Composting Accountability Act – S 3742 “… requires EPA to establish a pilot grant program for improving recycling accessibility in communities. The EPA may award grants to states, local governments, Indian tribes, or public-private partnerships …;” its text is available here: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3742 – S 3743 “… establishes data collection and reporting requirements concerning recycling and composting programs. For example, the Environmental Protection Agency must report on the capability of the United States to implement a national composting strategy for compostable materials in order to reduce contamination rates for recycling …;” its text is available here: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3743 #PlasticWaste #SingleUsePlastic #Recycling @wasterecycling
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).
