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? 
Australian beaches going plastic free
Posted on October 19, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulations
The Federal Government has teamed up with the Boomerang Alliance to take Australia’s beaches one step closer to being plastic free, with a new $600,000 Plastic Free Beaches program.
The Boomerang Alliance has been funded to support local cafés and businesses near some of Australia’s busiest and most famous beaches to eliminate single-use plastics.
The program focuses on eliminating items that make up the majority of Australia’s litter – coffee cups and lids, straws, takeaway containers, plastic bags, and plastic beverage bottles. Food retailers are given tailored assistance to eliminate single-use plastics and switch to reusable or 100 per cent compostable alternatives.
Local businesses that participate in the initiative are supported by a project manager who provides them with advice and connects them with suppliers of more sustainable alternatives to single-use plastics.
The program is being rolled out at some of Australia’s most popular and iconic beaches which draw thousands of locals and tourists every year. The areas include Port Douglas, Queensland; Port Lincoln, South Australia; Darwin City Beaches, Northern Territory; Mornington Peninsula, Victoria; Randwick and Jervis Bay/Sussex Inlet, New South Wales; Rottnest Island, Western Australia; and South-eastern Tasmania.
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