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).

Latest News

Microplastics – Presence in Placentas and Meconium Reported |

Biorecycling of Plastic – GAO Issues Science and Technology Spotlight |

Microplastics – Effects on Soil Water Repellency and Capillary Flow Studied |

Recycling – Spain’s New Law Critiqued |

Microplastics – Presence in Fish Intestinal Tracts Studied |

Boston Bans Plastic Bags

December 17, 2018February 1, 2019 adfpinitiative

A Boston ban on plastic carry out bags takes effect in December.

Bans on Plastic Packaging are Shortsighted

December 2, 2018February 1, 2019 adfpinitiative

Bans on plastic packaging are “are often shortsighted and not based on facts”

New York Styrofoam Ban

December 1, 2018February 1, 2019 adfpinitiative

A single service styrofoam ban goes into effect on January 1, 2019 in New York City.