Plastic is poisoning our seas and putting the lives of turtles and other marine animals at serious risk. Among the objects that end up in the water are the beer holders, those packaging designed to collect cans together. A small brewery, however, has decided to make them in wheat and barley so as not to pollute but, on the contrary, to help the turtles.
Plastic is poisoning our seas and putting the lives of turtles and other marine animals at serious risk. Among the objects that end up in the water are the brings beer, those packaging designed to collect cans together. A small brewery, however, thought of making them in wheat and barley so as not to pollute but, on the contrary, to help the turtles.
Pollution of our waters endangers the survival of numerous marine species. A possible solution (it being understood that the only one would be that of do not throw plastic overboard) comes from Florida.
Saltwater Brewery, a company of craft beer in Delray Beach decided to turn the plastic rings that hold beer cans together into edible rings, so that if they end up in the sea or on the beach, instead of being injured, turtles, fish and birds will be able to feed themselves.
And if they are not eaten, these packages dissolve in water in about two hours and within two or three months there is no trace of them. The same happens if they remain abandoned on a beach.
The rings are produced with barley and wheat, they are 100% biodegradable and totally safe and resistant like traditional plastic ones. While they look like they were made from the cardboard from old egg cups, these wheat and barley by-products have been compressed into a tactile material that resists the normal wear and tear associated with transporting beer and storing in the refrigerator.
In a video, the company explains how this innovative solution came about.
Most of these six-pack plastic rings end up in our oceans and pose a major threat to wildlife. The small craft beer brand in Florida, together with surfers, citizens and all those who love the sea, has decided to tackle the issue hard. We conceived, designed, prototyped and manufactured these edible rings that instead of killing animals, feed them, explains the video.
Then there is a further advantage, the packaging is made with production waste and therefore, as well as from an environmental point of view, the idea is interesting from an economic point of view, since it avoids waste by using materials otherwise destined for pulping.
The design is innovative but the production cost it is high, but it is hoped that in order to save the planet and the inhabitants of the sea, companies are willing to pay a little more. If, in fact, everyone started doing this environmentalist turn, the market for edible rings would become competitive and the production price would drop and undermine the proven plastic system.
At the moment it seems that around 50 small breweries are interested in the new packaging and the idea is also tempting Carlsberg. We will see if this, or other similar solutions, will actually succeed in gaining a foothold in the market.
However, we reiterate that the only solution to preserve our sea is not to throw any type of waste, since there are special bins to do so, but this idea seems to us a great solution to prevent hundreds of turtles, fish but also birds from dying with plastic in their stomachs.
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Dominella Trunfio
