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? Kiernan calls for Qld ban on plastic bags – Australia
Posted on September 27, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsKiernan calls for Qld ban on plastic bags.
This would be very good for Queensland if it gets any support form government. It is interesting though as Queensland just got a new State Premier who seems to be unraveling many environmental issues that were in place and is supporting big business in a large way at the expense of environmental protection.
The whole issue is inevitable in years to come. The environmental toll on an item that is not necessary by any definition, is just too great. Some regions will keep their head in the sand longer than others clinging to their old outdated ways, and industries like grocery stores will fight it, but eventually the disposable plastic bag has to go. The ironic things is it will save grocery stores money when the disposable plastic bag gets banned. And it will save tax payers money by not having to clean them up.
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