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? Committee considers ban on organized balloon releases, fracking waste
Posted on February 8, 2019 by DrRossH in BalloonsHARTFORD — The release of more than 100 balloons in Enfield last year to honor a dead 16-year-old violated a state law that prohibits the organized release of more than
Source: Committee considers ban on organized balloon releases, fracking waste
Once deflated and returned to earth, many balloons end up in Long Island Sound, becoming hazards to fish and boats, Corcoran told the legislature’s Environment Committee during a public hearing on the proposal Monday.
We would expect the 16 year old would not wish people to harm innocent wildlife over him. This would be true over many such honouring of a person who has passed away.
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