On March 21, 2023, the Annals of Global Health, published a Special Collection, titled the “Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health” https://www.annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/10.5334/aogh.4056/ and https://www.minderoo.org/no-plastic-waste/minderoo-monaco-commission/ which addresses not only the benefits of plastics but “… that plastics are also responsible for significant harms to human health, the economy, and the earth’s environment … The extent of these harms [have] not been systematically assessed, their magnitude not fully quantified, and their economic costs not comprehensively counted … The goals of this Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health are to comprehensively examine plastics’ impacts across their life cycle on: (1) human health and well-being; (2) the global environment, especially the ocean; (3) the economy; and (4) vulnerable populations—the poor, minorities, and the world’s children. On the basis of this examination, the Commission offers science-based recommendations designed to support development of a Global Plastics Treaty, protect human health, and save lives …” #PlasticWaste #SingleUsePlastic @minder
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).
