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? Plastic Limiting Regulations Archives - Page 3 of 46 - Plastic Waste Solutions
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Recycling industry scrambles to solve our dirty waste secret – New Zealand
Posted on January 21, 2018 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsNew Zealand options for its recycling are shrinking. but it's still shipping waste offshore. Source: Recycling industry scrambles to solve our dirty waste secret China notified the World Trade Organisation of its new standards in July last year, so New...
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Plastics Pile Up as China Refuses to Take the West’s Recycling
Posted on January 15, 2018 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsSince Jan. 1, China has banned imports of 24 kinds of waste, including materials used in plastic bottles, in a campaign against “foreign garbage.” Source: Plastics Pile Up as China Refuses to Take the West’s Recycling “We’ve got to start...
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The U.K. Has Banned Microbeads. Why?
Posted on January 12, 2018 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsThey’re tiny, colorful and harmless-looking, but these little pellets are being blamed for causing big problems. Source: The U.K. Has Banned Microbeads. Why? By UK PM Theresa May. In 2015 we introduced the 5p charge on plastic carrier bags, we now...
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Biodegradable Bags Cause Outrage in Italy. (It’s Not Really About Bags.)
Posted on January 11, 2018 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsA law requiring consumers to pay for produce sacks has prompted a flood of protests. But, with elections set for March, the anger is about more than a 2-cent surcharge. Source: Biodegradable Bags Cause Outrage in Italy. (It’s Not Really...
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Britain is frantic now that China won’t take plastic waste
Posted on January 7, 2018 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsFor 20 years, China has essentially been the UK's plastic dump. Now that door is closed and nobody knows what to do. Source: Britain is frantic now that China won't take plastic waste This change has come as a huge...
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Curb ‘devastating’ plastic waste, MPs say
Posted on January 6, 2018 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsMPs want deposits on plastic bottles and a higher levy on packaging to protect the seas from pollution. Source: Curb 'devastating' plastic waste, MPs say EAC Chair Mary Creagh MP said: "Urgent action is needed to protect our environment from...
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Total of 582,586 containers deposited in Albury under Return and Earn – Australia
Posted on January 6, 2018 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsAlbury has been one of the most well-used areas under the scheme Source: Total of 582,586 containers deposited in Albury under Return and Earn Mr Evans said people he had spoken to people using the machine who had gone to great...
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Ocean plastic a ‘planetary crisis’ – UN
Posted on December 9, 2017 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsLife in the seas risks irreparable damage from the ever-increasing tide of plastic waste, the UN's head of oceans has warned. Source: Ocean plastic a 'planetary crisis' - UN Tisha Brown from Greenpeace told BBC News: "We welcome that they...
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Rubbish on our beaches up 10 per cent to worst ever levels, prompting calls for a ‘litter tax’ – UK
Posted on December 4, 2017 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsLitter on Britain's beaches is up 10 per cent in just one year to its worst ever levels, prompting calls for a tax on waste. More than 700 bits or rubbish were found, on average, on Source: Rubbish on...
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All That Glitter? It’s Not Good, Critics Say
Posted on December 4, 2017 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsSome scientists and conservationists are saying plastic glitter is a pollutant, just like the microbeads that lawmakers are already phasing out. Source: All That Glitter? It’s Not Good, Critics Say Dr. Mason said that while plastic glitter is popular around...
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