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Paper or plastic? How about a brick? SanDiego
Posted on May 1, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsPaper or plastic? How about a brick? | UTSanDiego.com. This article is typical of the reply a number of people feel when a bag on plastic waste items of convenience is imposed. It is...
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HARRIS: Chewing on plastic freedoms : California
Posted on April 30, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsHARRIS: Chewing on plastic freedoms : North County Times - Californian. This article by Rusty Harris is typical of the reply a number of people feel when a bag on plastic waste items of convenience is...
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SeaWorld eliminates plastic bags: SeaWorld says it will eliminate plastic shopping bags in its theme parks – Orlando
Posted on April 27, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsSeaWorld eliminates plastic bags: SeaWorld says it will eliminate plastic shopping bags in its theme parks - Orlando Sentinel. A good step by Seaworld. Considering the oceans receive millions of tons of plastic wast a year, Seaworld is an...
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Ban on plastic bags would begin in 2015 Hawaii
Posted on April 27, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsBan on plastic bags would begin in 2015 | Local News - KITV Home. Let's hope the mayor passes this into effect to protect this precious haven in the Pacific.
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Bag ban to be among focuses of regional council meeting -Texas
Posted on April 18, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsBag ban to be among focuses of regional council meeting - Mywesttexas.com: Top Stories. We highly recommend you either ban the plastic...
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Plastic ban goes for a toss in city, India
Posted on April 17, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsPlastic ban goes for a toss in city | Deccan Chronicle. An interesting article on how not to introduce a plastic bag ban. Like it or not, any such restricting law will try to be skirted by people not wanting...
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A national container deposit scheme the cheapest option for industry
Posted on April 12, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsA national container deposit scheme the cheapest option for industry | Blogs | Main. Well written reply on the RIS report that looked at the costs of various packing waste elimination schemes. The report concluded with advocating an industry promise...
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Plastic-free Saturdays proposed in Cebu City Philippines
Posted on April 9, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsPlastic-free Saturdays proposed in Cebu City | Sun.Star. It started out as a good law but some of it seems to be weakening under business lobbying pressure.
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No More Single Use Plastic Bottles At Grand Canyon
Posted on April 9, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsNo More Single Use Plastic Bottles At Grand Canyon | Care2 Causes. Something is going on in the background that no one wants to talk about it seems in reagrds to disposable plastic water bottles. Congratulations to the park...
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Germany’s IK slams EC’s bag ban plans
Posted on April 9, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsGermany’s IK slams EC’s bag ban plans | Packaging News | Manufacture | Jobs | Design | Materials | Equipment. It is interesting to note that Germany already orten charges for bags at the till and the fee includes a...
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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?