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? NSW moves to cut single-use plastics by 2025 – Australia
Posted on June 15, 2021 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsSource: NSW moves to cut single-use plastics by 2025 – ABC News
The NSW Government is set to unveil ambitious plans to drastically cut the amount of plastic and food scraps that end up in landfill by 2025.
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The laws are expected to pass State Parliament by the end of the year
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Changes would be rolled out from next year
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The Environment Minister said the world was currently on track to have more plastic in the ocean than fish by 2050
Straws, stirrers, cotton buds and polystyrene cups will be phased out 12 months after legislation is passed, with a review on plastic cups, heavy bags and fruit stickers to be carried out within three years.
A rollout of green plastic bins and an education program on disposing food and organic waste will also be funded as part of the $365 million, five-year strategy.
Conservation groups have welcomed the plan to ban single-use plastics.
The Environment Minister Matt Kean said they will be phased out over the next year.
It has taken many years but NSW is catching up to other states. Still a long way to go however.
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