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? Egg Harbor City introduces ordinance to ban the mass release of helium balloons -USA
Posted on March 7, 2018 by DrRossH in BalloonsEGG HARBOR CITY— City Council on Thursday, Feb. 22 introduced an addition to its nuisance ordinance banning the mass release of lighter-than-air balloons into the atmosphere.
Source: Egg Harbor City introduces ordinance to ban the mass release of helium balloons
“Ingesting balloons disrupts their digestive systems, causing them to starve to death,” Galloway said. “Additionally, sea mammals often get tangled in the ribbons attached to the balloons, are strangled and suffocate.”
The green team recommended the city join other Atlantic County coastal communities, including Brigantine, Atlantic City, Ventnor, Margate, Longport, in adopting the ordinance.
“It’s important to have a law on the books that informs the public that releasing balloons is unacceptable behavior. We can all do more to protect our environment,” Galloway said.
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