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? Carbondale voters to decide on plastic-bag ban
Posted on March 14, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsCarbondale voters to decide on plastic-bag ban | PostIndependent.com.
We would recommend they ban the bag, and charge for paper ones or let people bring in their own reusable ones. Simple and gives a lot of protection to the environment. Other locations that have done this have realised people quickly get over the change and move on. There is mnore to life to be concerend about other than did I remember to bring my reusable bag?
The only people who don’t like it are the bag suppliers. They put their profits over the cost to the environment. Smart business would quickly adapt their product range to cater to the newer ways. Those that don’t well,why should we be made to support them?
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