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? County Seeks to Expand Ban on Plastic Bags -California
Posted on June 24, 2016 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsThe Alameda County Waste Management Authority (StopWaste) has recommended expansion of the ban on plastic bags to include all retail stores and restaurants.
Source: County Seeks to Expand Ban on Plastic Bags
Goals of the ordinance are to reduce litter and keep plastic bags out of local waterways.
Currently, the reusable bag ordinance applies to grocery, drug and liquor stores in Alameda County that traditionally distribute a high volume of single-use bags. Since implementation of the ban, there has been a decline in overall bag purchases by 85 percent, a doubling of shoppers bringing their own reusable bags or not using a bag at all, and a 44 percent decrease in plastic bags found in Alameda County storm drains.
The expanded ban would apply to commercial establishments operating from a permanent enclosed structure that sell perishable or nonperishable goods directly a customer, including, but not limited to, clothing, food and personal items. The intent is to capture all types of retail stores, any place where a shopper can walk into a ” brick and mortar” store and purchase a tangible item.
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