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? 85% of global citizens call for single-use plastics ban
Posted on April 12, 2024 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulations
85% of global citizens call for single-use plastics ban
Source: 85% of global citizens call for single-use plastics ban – GlobalData
With more than 430m tonnes of virgin plastic produced each year a global ban on single-use plastics that are deemed unnecessary, avoidable, and harmful, is one of several in a suite of urgent measures the public wants to see in the treaty.
Other highly favoured bans include those on harmful chemicals used in plastic (which 90% supported) and plastic products and packaging that cannot be easily and safely recycled in the countries where they are used (87%).
In addition, the results reveal widespread understanding that bans alone are not enough to end the plastic pollution crisis. Citizens polled worldwide also strongly support redesigning the current plastics system to ensure remaining plastics can be safely reused and recycled.
In particular, measures such as mandating manufacturers to invest in and provide reuse and refill systems polled 87% support. Meanwhile, 72% of people support ensuring all countries have access to funding, technology and resources to enable a just transition.
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