Brewery creates edible 6-pack rings that feed marine life, instead of killing.

A brewery created by fishermen, surfers and lovers of the sea have come up with a genius solution to end plastic 6-pack rings ending up in the ocean.

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Their solution? Edible rings. 

(For the fish, of course)

Researchers figure that by 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. (that's insane.) 

These brilliant thinkers decided they would help put an end to this by creating edible rings instead of plastic, the fish can therefore eat them instead of getting stuck in them.

This material is made entirely of barley and wheat remains from the brewing process, all of which is 100 percent biodegradable and safe for fish, turtles, birds and other marine life to eat, unlike the plastic ring-holders that are now killing them by the millions.

It is estimated that a million sea-birds die each year from plastic rings, along with nearly 100,000 mammals facing the same fate.

Americans drink more than 6 billion gallons of beer per year, most of which comes in cans and  a large number of those plastics end up in the oceans.

Their hopes are that other companies and large breweries adopt the same thoughts. It would be more cost-effective and would reduce the number of plastics in our oceans.