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? New bill would ban plastic straws in all NYC bars and restaurants – USA
Posted on May 28, 2018 by DrRossH in Plastic StrawsThe straw that stirs New York City’s drink will soon be made of paper, if a group of City Council members has anything to say about it. On Wednesday, Councilman
Source: New bill would ban plastic straws in all NYC bars and restaurants
“Each day millions of plastic straws are used and discarded,” Espinal said during a press conference announcing the bill. “With so many options available, from paper to metal straws, we can make plastic a thing of the past.”
The switch to paper straws will surely take some getting used to, but Espinal is confident that businesses will be on board. A spokesperson from his office said that the NYC Hospitality Alliance completed a study on the matter and found that paper straws would not be cost prohibitive for food and drink establishments. One goal of the bill is to encourage businesses to make patrons request straws, “a practice that reduced the usage of straws by 75 percent in one Brooklyn venue,” the spokesperson said.
A necessary step for all cities to make. We don’t need them. Stop giving straws unless asked for and then give them a paper one.
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