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Related: About this forumBeer Company Develops Edible Six-Pack Rings That Feed, Rather Than Kill, Marine Life
Last edited Tue Oct 4, 2016, 05:21 PM - Edit history (1)
Beer Company Develops Edible Six-Pack Rings That Feed, Rather Than Kill, Marine Life
A craft beer company and an ad agency brewed up a brilliant idea to save marine life if six-pack rings end up in the ocean. Are you aware that 80% of the plastic humans throw away ends up in the oceans? The sad reality is made worse when one learns that, as a result, billions of pounds of plastic are now swirling in convergences in the seas. In fact, 40% of earths total ocean mass is now covered by plastic.
According to Greenpeace, approximately 70% of Seabirds and 80% of Sea Turtles are now ingesting plastic. As a result,1,000,000 birds and 100,000 marine mammals and sea turtles are dying each year.
One of the major contributors to this epidemic are the seemingly harmless six-pack rings found around cans of soda and beer. Because the rings have little value, consumers nonchalantly throw them into the trash without any regard for marine life. Now, 99% of seabirds are expected to have plastic in their guts by the year 2050. This is unacceptable, and a Florida-based brewery agrees.
Saw this at Facebook. Now, if we can make all plastics biodegradable and edible.
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Beer Company Develops Edible Six-Pack Rings That Feed, Rather Than Kill, Marine Life (Original Post)
Agnosticsherbet
Oct 2016
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boomer55
(592 posts)1. got a product name i can search on?
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)2. Forgot a link. You will find it below.
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(15,681 posts)3. Wow.
This seems like a brilliant idea! I hope it works. It is ideas like this that will help save our planet. I believe that.