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? Lightweight plastic bags to be banned in Victoria – Australia
Posted on October 17, 2017 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulations
Single-use lightweight plastic bags will soon be banned across Victoria.
Source: Lightweight plastic bags to be banned in Victoria
The government has promised to deliver a “workable scheme” in consultation with the community that doesn’t “unfairly impact” on retailers, consumers or the environment.
However, it cited instances in other jurisdictions where banning lightweight bags had lead to greater use of heavier plastics, which can also damage the environment.
Finally! This article shows though that there are a number of issues the state government is making of this that the final result may not be the simple ban we all need to happen.
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