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? California bill targets recycled plastic imports, requires PCR origin disclosure – USA
Posted on July 29, 2025 by DrRossH in Plastic RecyclingA proposed California law would require beverage makers to disclose the origin of recycled plastic and use third-party certification, aiming to boost transparency and support U.S. recyclers amid rising imports.
Source: California bill targets recycled plastic imports, requires PCR origin disclosure | Plastics News
Kustic said the bill’s reporting requirements would increase transparency: “This is a way for us to start collecting information — how much plastic is coming in from overseas — and determine if our economy is actually circular in California. Are the things that we’re collecting from California households going back into the products that Californians use every day?”
This is vital on any recycling claim. 1) Whether it is PCR or PIR, 2) the origin of the recycled material and 3) the percent of recycled content.
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