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? Can, bottle, bag litter fight ready to ramp up – Australia
Posted on October 31, 2016 by DrRossH in GeneralDrinking container deposit scheme headed for NSW but Victorians warned they will be penalised if they seek refunds
Source: Can, bottle, bag litter fight ready to ramp up
Refunds will be offered on drink containers between 150ml and three litres but not for most milk and juice cartons and plastic bottles.
Also aiming to tackle litter is Border IGA supermarket owner Bob Mathews who is set to seek feedback on a plan to phase out plastic bags at his Jindera store.
It would be a lot easier for all, the public and the drink companies if the State of Victoria put partisan politics aside for once and implemented the scheme to catch up to all the other states. The previous state government was going to do it, but this new Labour government is saying no. We wonder what is or who is pulling their strings when the scheme has overwhelming support.
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