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? EU Waste Exports Rising – Including Hazardous Waste
Posted on November 20, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsEU Waste Exports Rising – Including Hazardous Waste – Waste Mangagement World.
While trade of hazardous waste grew between 2001 and 2007, shipped volumes decreased in 2008 and 2009, probably due to the economic downturn, according to the report ‘Movements of waste across the EU’s internal and external borders’.
Further findings of the report showed that exports of waste plastics and metals picked up again after the economic downturn and exceeded the pre-2009 levels in 2011.
The assessment said that the international trade in recyclable material will to continue to grow, driven by increased levels of recycling, growing global competition for resources and increasing awareness of the value of waste.
One again a lot of this comes down to irresponsible manufacturing where manufacturers are not factoring in the waste side issues of the products they make. If some sense was applied to this then many product could be made readily recyclable at home and conserving that countries resources for itself.
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