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? Five plastic chemicals a ‘red flag’ for human health, Minderoo report says – Australia
Posted on August 24, 2024 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsA study from the Minderoo Foundation said it is the deepest look yet at the human health impacts from five classes of chemicals used in plastics.
Source: Five plastic chemicals a ‘red flag’ for human health, Minderoo report says | Plastics News
“This research categorically proves that none of the examined chemicals — which are found in plastic items people use every single day and are known to infiltrate our bodies — can be considered safe,” said Sarah Dunlop
It’s the first study to use so many systematic reviews to look at bisphenol A, phthalates, two classes of flame retardants and fluorinated “forever” chemicals.
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