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? Bottle bill rules need a tuneup to keep running smoothly, CRI says
Posted on August 9, 2024 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulations, Plastic RecyclingMany deposit bill states only charge a nickel per container, and Susan Collins said that is simply not enough to grab people’s attention these days.
Source: Bottle bill rules need a tuneup to keep running smoothly, CRI says | Plastics News
Taken alone, the year-over-year decreases might not seem like much, CRI said. But they are part of a multi-year trend that is eating into redemption rates over time.
Higher deposit amounts, the inclusion of more beverage types and program improvements for the convenience of customers all could push numbers higher, she said.
Just like shown in Waste Management Review article in Australia in August 24, the pulling power of the redemption depends highly on its current value. What was high 20 years ago is very low now. The CDS schemes are very effective when a reasonable return value is offered. Now days it should be around 20 cents. In the USA however with a right wing components in government, any environmental move is just getting killed, no matter what the public or some industry think.
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