According to a July 19, 2023 Gowling WLG article https://gowlingwlg.com/en/insights-resources/articles/2023/british-columbia-takes-action-on-plastic-waste/ “… On July 14, 2023, the Province of British Columbia published the Single-Use and Plastic Waste Prevention Regulation, which will … lead to the phasing-out of oxo-degradable plastic packaging and products, shopping bags, and food service ware and accessories in British Columbia. The publication of this regulation ends a multi-year consultation process … [Includes] A prohibition on the sale or distribution of packaging or single-use products that are composed of oxo-degradable plastics. A prohibition on the sale or distribution of plastic shopping bags, unless the business owner charges a fee and the bags are made of recycled paper or are reusable. A prohibition on single-use plastic utensils. A restriction on the sale or distribution of food or beverages in food service ware composed of certain prohibited plastics, including biodegradable and compostable plastics. A restriction on the sale or distribution of single-use food service accessories by food service providers …” #PlasticWaste #SingleUsePlastic #FoodPackaging @gowlingwlg
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).
