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? News Archive
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- The plastic bag ban starts today in some Qld stores — here’s what you need to know – Australia
- Zilch micro-bin trial – Neat Streets UK
- Companies, municipalities crack down on plastics – USA
- Minister Ferreira Announces Initiative to Ban Single-Use Plastics By 2020 – Bahamas
- Vancouver approves ban on plastic straws, foam cups and containers – Canada
- Microplastics: small plastics, big problem
- McDonald’s set to ditch plastic straws
- EU Parliament to phase out plastic water bottles
- The 32 parks people could soon be banned letting go of balloons – UK
- Pregnant whale dies from ingested rubbish – Australia
- ‘We have seen a shift towards more sustainable attitudes’
- Queen Victoria Market to ban plastic bags – Australia
- Ipswich to follow Brisbane in banning plastics – Australia
- Malaysia targets nationwide ban on plastic bags within a year: Minister
- Queensland researchers hope sea turtles, birds will benefit from plastic ban – Australia
- Clean Up Malta pushes for ban on balloon releases
- Having a go at life without plastic bags
- New bill would ban plastic straws in all NYC bars and restaurants – USA
- Commentary: Austin’s plastic bag ban is rubbish. Go check the landfill – USA
- Jersey Shore towns ban plastic bags, say they dirty beaches, hurt wildlife – USA
- Gove urged to follow Europe with ban on single-use plastic – UK
- Government’s failure to back 25p ‘latte levy’ condemned by MPs and charities – UK
- Pupils who bring plastic bottles to school could face punishments – UK
- Costa Coffee pledges to recycle half a billion disposable cups a year – UK
- More than 40 major UK businesses have said they will ban single-use plastics
- National Geographic’s June magazine cover has people talking
- National Geographic launches long-term campaign on plastics
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- Call to Ban Oxo-Biodegradable Plastics Challenged
- Vancouver votes to ban plastic straws, foam cups and containers by June 2019 – Canada
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