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? 
Bisbee plans challenge to bag ban complaint – USA
Posted on October 9, 2017 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulations
BISBEE Arizona— Bisbee was expected to respond Monday to a state investigator’s inquiry on the city’s ordinance banning plastic bags.
Source: Bisbee plans challenge to bag ban complaint
City Attorney Britt Hanson said the response filed Monday argues Bisbee’s status as one of Arizona’s 19 charter cities gives it the authority to prohibit the distribution of plastic bags by local retailers. The Arizona Constitution sets forth provisions for a charter city, empowering communities that vote to adopt their own “home rule” charter to have the authority to establish their own laws.
Opposer Petersen sponsored the legislation to make it illegal to ban plastic bags, on behalf of business interests that might be affected by local restrictions on plastic bags. During floor debate in the state Senate in 2015, he told colleagues he was acting in the name of individual freedom.
Have these politicians no shame when it comes to takeing bribes from businesses. What is the point of a politician if they just respond to big business and not their constituents?
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