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? Indian PET recyclers at risk over delayed targets – India
Posted on August 11, 2025 by DrRossH in Plastic RecyclingIndia’s recycled PET market is facing a major setback, the Indian Association of PET Recyclers (APR Bharat) warned in a statement.Recent changes to legislation are putting massive investments at risk as brand owners delay compliance with recycled content targets. As of April 1, 2025,…
Source: Indian PET recyclers at risk over delayed targets | Sustainable Plastics
As a result, most PET recycling plants are operating ‘well below capacity’ or are still non-operational, raising fears of bankruptcy across the sector, the association said in a statement.
“Recyclers have taken bold steps, investing in world-class food-grade compliant r-PET plants,” said Shailendra Singh, director general at APR Bharat. “But if enforcement remains weak and brand owners keep defaulting, we fear the entire circular economy framework could collapse, in similar lines to what is happening in EU Nations.”
Despite recycled content legislation also coming into force in Europe, a sharp decline in domestic production, increased imports, and rising economic pressures continue to force European plastic recyclers to shut down.
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