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? Calls For A Further Crack Down On Plastic Bags – UK
Posted on December 10, 2015 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsPirate FM – News – Calls For A Further Crack Down On Plastic Bags.
A Plymouth academic is urging us to do more to solve the plastic bag problem.
The leading marine scientist has welcomed news that government legislation on charges for plastic bags has led to a substantial reduction in their use.
He said figures released by supermarket giant Tesco – showing a 78% reduction in plastic bag use – demonstrate a growing realisation that short term use of plastic items can be avoided.
In a few short months of introducing a plastic bag fee, , plastic bag use dropped by 78%. How simple of a measure is that to get a huge result?
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