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? ESMA To Promote Use Of Bio-degradable Plastic At Regional Plastics Show
Posted on April 25, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsMiddleEastEvents.com -ESMA To Promote Use Of Bio-degradable Plastic At Regional Plastics Show.
This is a typical comment by an industry manufacturer’s representative, ‘plastic is good, it is the users that cause the problem’. In many situations this is correct, but in many situations the manufacturers wantonly produce disposable plastic items in high volumes, be it bags, cutlery, plates, bottles, film wrap, and more, well knowing these very short lived items will be littered or sent to trash. Given a little help by these manufacturers, these items could be recycled to reduce consumption of new resources, save energy, decrease litter, and decrease the need for landfill space. This kind of thinking is far removed from most plastic manufacturers thinking however at the moment. A time is coming though when this will be a reality and those that see this and adapt, will be the winners for future plastic production.
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