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? 
Experts warn against health risks of plastic pollution
Posted on July 15, 2025 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsThe World Health Organization estimates that around one-quarter of all deaths are attributable to environmental harm, including chemicals, pollution and waste.
Source: Experts warn against health risks of plastic pollution
“Plastics are a health hazard around the globe, affecting numerous bodily systems and increasing rates of chronic diseases, cancers and infertility,” Chartres said. “The United Nations Environment Assembly resolved in March 2022 to negotiate a plastics treaty that would obligate member states to end plastic production because of its danger to human health.
“Yet, despite the importance of health in driving efforts to manage plastics pollution, the current proposed treaty text has major gaps that put human health at risk from hazardous chemicals and plastics.”
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