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? 
No retreat, no surrender, plastic ban is on, Environment CS says- Kenya
Posted on August 22, 2017 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulations
The impending ban on plastic will go on as planned and as such, Kenyans must support it, Environment CS Judi Wakhungu declared yesterday, six days to the ban.Speaking to the Star on the phone, Wakhungu said “nobody disputes the fact that plastics remains one of the serious pollutants and banning it is long overdue.“Plastic is a serious pollutant that not only affects the environment but also wildlife, fish, livestock and human beings.”The ministry has convened an exhibition on Thursday and Friday to showcase alternatives.
Source: No retreat, no surrender, plastic ban is on, Environment CS says
The impending ban on plastic will go on as planned and as such, Kenyans must support it, Environment CS Judi Wakhungu declared yesterday, six days to the ban.
Speaking to the Star on the phone, Wakhungu said “nobody disputes the fact that plastics remains one of the serious pollutants and banning it is long overdue.
“Plastic is a serious pollutant that not only affects the environment but also wildlife, fish, livestock and human beings.”
The ministry has convened an exhibition on Thursday and Friday to showcase alternatives.
Well done to Kenya for standing firm on this issue and maintaining the plastic bag ban. In 12 months time the issue will all be forgotten about and peoples lives will have adapted and moved on. It is not that big of a change and the consequences of not doing it, are too dire to consider.
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