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? 
Call for government to back ban on balloon releases and sky lanterns: Petition
Posted on May 2, 2018 by DrRossH in Balloons
The online petition has already gathered over 14,000 signatures but needs to reach 100,000 signatures in order to be considered for debate in Parliament. Follow the link in the article to add your signature.
Source: Call for government to back ban on balloon releases and sky lanterns: Petition
A mass of brightly coloured balloons might look lovely against the blue sky, but what happens to them after they’ve drifted away is less than lovely.
According to a report from the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) in January 2017 there was a 53% increase in balloon litter compared to just two years before.
An online petition calling for a ban on balloon releases and sky lanterns is gathering pace with over 14,000 signatures.
Dangers and risks of balloon releases
So-called ‘biodegradable’ balloons and ribbons snare or kill farm, wild and marine life and take years to rot down, littering the countryside.
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