Beer Company Creates Edible Six-Pack Rings to Save Marine Life
May 20, 2016
Beer Company Creates Edible Six-Pack Rings to Save Marine Life
by Brian Clark Howard
Every schoolkid knows that those tough plastic rings that hold six packs together can end up choking birds or sea turtles if they fall into the ocean, as so much of the worlds trash does. Now, one craft beer company has launched a new way to tackle this problem: fully edible, compostable six-pack rings.
Developed by the Delray Beach, Florida-based Saltwater Brewery and the ad agency Webelievers, the new rings are made with byproducts of the beer making process, that instead of killing animals, feeds them, the brewery writes on its website.
The rings are made of organic materials like spent barley and wheat, and are also biodegradable and compostable. The company says they are as tough as traditional plastic rings.
Its a great, innovative product that has drawn a new demographic of people to awareness about the problem of plastics in the ocean, says Nick Mallos, the director of the Ocean Conservancys Trash Free Seas program.
More:
http://theplate.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/20/beer-company-creates-edible-six-pack-rings-to-save-marine-life/
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