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"Spend an hour at any airport, mall, theme park or sporting event and you’ll
find sandwiches double-wrapped in plastic, salads dressed up in styrofoam and
the ubiquitous disposable forks and knives.
These items contribute to the 350 million tons of petroleum-based plastic
produced worldwide each year, much of which ends up in our oceans, our
landfills and our bodies. Viable substitutes have remained elusive — few
materials are as easy and cheap to produce. But as the number of cities and
countries enacting bans on single-use plastic grows, so does the pressure — and
the potential profits — involved in finding a more sustainable alternative.
In Northeastern Germany, workers are putting the finishing touches on a
22,000-square-foot factory that Eduardo Gordillo believes could manufacture
this alternative. “We want to make single-use plastic unnecessary worldwide,”
says the CEO of the clean-tech startup Bio-Lutions. Starting this month, his
factory will begin producing sustainable food packaging made of agricultural
waste."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
