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? A solution to the full wrap shrink recyclability problem? Not so fast – USA
Posted on June 4, 2014 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsA solution to the full wrap shrink recyclability problem? Not so fast – Perspective – Plastics News.
If you’ve been following the debate around full wrap shrink labels and PET container recyclability, you might have heard declarations of victory in the wake of recent trials of new mechanical delabeling equipment. Some have claimed that the equipment pays for itself in about a year, and that all label manufacturers need to do is apply a perforated label. Problem solved? If only it were that simple.
NAPCOR’s reclaimer members (dealing with full wrap labels) have absorbed tens of millions of dollars in costs annually, while label manufacturers have enjoyed increased sales. Clearly, this is out of balance.
Another example of manufacturers having to be made partially responsible for the disposal costs for their products. They should not be allowed to get away with no contribution to the correct disposal procedure for their products.
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