Submitted on Wednesday 19th June 2019
Rejected on Friday 19th July 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Provide tax exemptions for companies that make and use edible plastic.
Biodegradable plastic breaks down into microplastics which enter our food chain. Sources of plastic such as mushrooms, banana skin, milk and yeast can be consumed by bacteria and other organisms.
I would like sales of such plastic exempt from tax and products using it to incur reduced tax rates.
Some possible sources:
Mushrooms
https://daily.jstor.org/company-uses-mushrooms-grows-plastic-alternatives/
Milk protein
https://biomarketinsights.com/could-milk-protein-be-the-solution-to-our-plastic-packaging-crisis/
Banana skin
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303942610_PRODUCTION_OF_BIODEGRADABLE_PLASTIC_FROM_BANANA_PEEL
Yeast
https://www.polymersolutions.com/blog/yeasty-plastics-polymeric-monomers-from-yeast/
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