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.
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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? 
Milk Bottles Recycled in Wheelie Bins in New Zealand – Waste Mangagement World.
Using waste plastic bottles to make reusable plastic waste collection bins. Nice.
Tammy says:
Post Author April 5, 2012 at 11:05 amWasn’t aware of the corn starch thing .. thank you!However I’m with you when it comes to land space. After all, the stuff’s got to be grown swmoehere, and I’ll bet my bottom dollar growing this will be a better revenue earner than anything food-producing.This is why green has to *start* with using more environmentally friendly products, like this, but *END* with wholesale livining and social changes.Sorry to shout .. I must need to stroke the cat or something
Mason says:
Post Author April 7, 2012 at 3:26 amThank you for sharing. Not to many lpeope in your position are so gracious. Your article was very poignant and understandable. It helped me to understand very clearly. Thank you for your help.