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? German industry wants plastics treaty ‘as soon as possible’
Posted on October 10, 2025 by DrRossH in Plastic RecyclingThree German plastics associations told journalists on the eve of the K 2025 show that the plastics treaty could set global standards for recycling and boost investment.
Source: On eve of K, German industry wants plastics treaty ‘as soon as possible’ | Plastics News
He also outlined a seven-point policy framework for the European Union that GKV supported, including EU-wide design for recycling rules, developing the European single market for plastics recycling and rules for recycled content.
The groups, however, were particular about what they wanted — and didn’t want — in any treaty, suggesting it should stay focused on waste management.
“From our point of view, the starting point must be waste management, it’s an overwhelming aspect,” Möllenstädt said. “All the other aspects can follow because a treaty on the United Nations level is not a monolithic structure which is ready at the beginning.”
Some of the key stumbling blocks in the talks have been over whether the agreement should limit plastics production and strengthen global regulations around potentially hazardous chemicals and additives used in plastics.
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