The Fast Food Restaurant Switched from Wrapping Their Hamburgers in Styrofoam

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Short Answer

The fast food restaurant switched from wrapping their hamburgers in Styrofoam containers, which had a half-life of several thousand years, to wrapping them in a thin film of kelp and plankton, which could be used as a healthy snack for fish. This move was part of a broad approach entitled a design for ________ initiative.

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Definitions:

Left Atrium

One of the four chambers of the heart, which receives oxygenated blood from the lungs and pumps it to the left ventricle.

Pulse Pressure

The difference between the systolic and diastolic pressures, reflecting the stroke volume and compliance of the arterial system.

Compliance

In a medical context, the ability of a hollow organ (like the lungs or blood vessels) to stretch or expand in response to pressure changes.

Aging

The process of becoming older, characterized by a gradual decline in physical and sometimes mental capacity.