How many people today grab a takeaway coffee cup from the local cafe to drink on the go? We don’t know, but the number must be enormous.. Most every one of the above have a plastic top that will last 100s of years. Some cafes still use plastic cups that last a similar time. Is 10 minutes of coffee worth 100s of years of trash?
These items can be seen littering our gutters and on our streets all over the place. If they were all cardboard, they would still be littered, but they would, at least, be gone in a short time.
They do not need to be made of plastic.
On the way home from the gym last week, a distance of about 1 km (1/2 mile), I counted the items of plastic litter on the curb as I walked. In that short distance I counted 63 pieces of plastic litter. Plastic drink bottles, bottle tops, candy wrappers, plastic film, polystyrene fragments etc. That seemed to be a lot to me. I guess it is a generational thing. Our parents would have been horrified to see that amount, whereas it seems to go unnoticed by our youth of today. In another 20 years how many pieces will there be on this stretch, -- 200? What will today’s youth think of that new amount then when they are older? Will their children be so readily accepting of a higher amount of litter? January 2021 - Plastic Waste Solutions
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AIP Conference : Search for willing partners – Australia
Posted on January 5, 2021 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsSource: AIP Conference : Search for willing partners - Inside Waste “You really need to be clever and find some end markets ,” he said. Lunn explained that it was those end markets that drive through to packaging design, and...
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Fort Frances implements single use plastics ban Jan – Canada
Posted on January 4, 2021 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsFort Frances will become one of the first municipalities in Canada - and the first in Ontario - to implement a single-use plastic ban in an effort to help reduce the amount of plastic in landfills. The town's Bylaw No. 11/20...
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Importation of plastic bags, straws, cotton buds banned from 1 January – Malta
Posted on January 4, 2021 by DrRossH in General"It is high time that we give answers to our children who ask about all the litter on our beaches, who see photos of washed-up seagulls with stomachs full of plastic products, and injured turtles caught up in plastic bags...
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DEP delays plastic bag ban – Maine USA
Posted on January 4, 2021 by DrRossH in GeneralSource: DEP delays plastic bag ban - The Ellsworth AmericanThe Ellsworth American A statewide ban on single-use plastic carry-out bags scheduled to go into effect Jan. 15, 2021, and the polystyrene foam disposable food service container ban scheduled to go...
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Plastic bag ban brings costs for businesses, consumers – Delware USA
Posted on January 4, 2021 by DrRossH in GeneralSource: Plastic bag ban brings costs for businesses, consumers - Del. Business Times Starting Jan. 1, large and chain grocery stores, pharmacies, and retail stores in Delaware will no longer be allowed to provide thin, single-use plastic bags to customers...
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Mexico City’s ban on single-use plastics officially takes effect |
Posted on January 4, 2021 by DrRossH in GeneralSource: Mexico City’s ban on single-use plastics officially takes effect | KTLA A broad ban on single-use containers, forks, straws and other ubiquitous items takes effect in Mexico’s capital, one of the world’s largest cities, after more than a year...
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