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? 
Licella advanced recycling facility takes on plastic waste – Australia
Posted on May 24, 2023 by DrRossH in Plastic RecyclingWith a new advanced recycling facility set to transform Australia’s plastic waste landscape, Licella wants everyone to join the journey.
Source: Licella advanced recycling facility takes on plastic waste – Waste Management Review
Licella has ambitions to process 400,000 tonnes of plastic waste across Australia within the next five to 10 years.
ARV’s Altona facility initially aims to process 20,000 tonnes a year of waste plastic and is expected to scale up to 70,000 tonnes with an additional 50,000 tonne module added once the next approval comes through from the Victorian EPA.
The Altona plant is one of six currently being built around the world including three in South Korea and others in the United Kingdom and Japan. Plans are also in place for New South Wales and New Zealand.
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