Witnesses for the December 15, 2022 Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight hearing https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings?ID=D8583DB7-BFEE-480C-BBE3-AC1DCE04711B are: John Peterson “Pete” Myers, Ph.D. Founder, CEO & Chief Scientist, Environmental Health Sciences https://www.linkedin.com/in/pete-myers-7bb15b1/ – Judith Enck, President, Beyond Plastics https://www.beyondplastics.org/about – Matt Seaholm, CEO, Plastics Industry Association https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-seaholm/ and Eric Hartz, Co-Founder & President, Nexus Circular https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-hartz-9332561/ – The legislation would move “… our economy away from an overreliance on single-use plastic. It establishes stricter rules for petrochemical plants … [creates] new nationwide targets for plastic source reduction and reuse in the packaging and food service sectors … [includes] federal incentives to spur expansion of reusable and refillable systems …” #PlasticWaste #SingleUsePlastic #PlasticReuse
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).
