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? India court compares plastic bags to atom bomb
Posted on May 30, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsPlastics News – India court compares plastic bags to atom bomb.
The court said bags are choking lakes, ponds and urban sewers, creating a threat to the next generation that is greater than the atom bomb.
Ban the bag. They are simply products we do not need. Use reusable bags and there is no ongoing cost at all. The analogy to the car is far from valid. Our society cannoot get by with out cars now due ot our infrastructure. But we can get by with out plasic bags. convenience? Carry a reusable bag with you, that is very conveiient too?
We banned DDT in the 60s as it was harmful to humans and animals. It was a good product and worked well. Yet we banned it as the overall disadvantages far outweighed the advantages. Just like disposable plastic items.
Educating the public to recycle all their bags has been a big failure even in more educated countries like the USA where bag recycling is under 5%.
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