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? Bristol City to consider l;evy on late night traders – UK
Posted on September 21, 2013 by DrRossH in Stewardship Waste ProgramsBristol City Council to consider EMRO and late-night levy.
Charging bars and restaurants a late night levy is being contemplated in cities and towns like Bristol across the UK to pay for the mess alcohol-imbibing patrons create by littering the streets after dark. Newcastle has already opted for such a levy.
These type programs are really the only way forward to control a problem that has been left far too long. It is very unsightly to walk past a night club or late night pub the next morning. How a club owner cannot feel responsible for this litter his patrons made is unquestionable.
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