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? Mike is fighting household plastics from his childhood bedroom
Posted on October 6, 2019 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsZero Co is aiming to change the supply chain for bathroom and laundry products.
Source: Mike is fighting household plastics from his childhood bedroom
The national focus on recycling has made Australians think twice about the products in their kitchens and bathrooms, says founder of $5 million eco-friendly store Biome, Tracey Bailey.
The startup aims to challenge the traditional household goods supply chain by offering re-usable storage solutions for products.
Customers that buy Zero Co’s products are given reusable containers made from recycled ocean plastics and sachets to hold liquids like stain removers and body wash.
When they finish up a product, they can send the packaging back to Zero Co, which will clean and re-fill the plastic vessels.
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