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? Plastic bags could be banned in Connecticut — and sooner than you think – Hartford Courant – USA
Posted on February 11, 2019 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsDemands for a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags are putting Connecticut lawmakers under increasing pressure. More than a score of state municipalities either already have passed or are considering local ordinances to ban or place fees on environmentally damaging plastic bags.
Source: Plastic bags could be banned in Connecticut — and sooner than you think – Hartford Courant
Environmentalists have been lobbying against single-use plastic bags for years, warning of the damage they create for land and marine ecosystems.
Plastic bag ban proposals haven’t gotten very far in previous legislative sessions, but public awareness of the plastic waste issue is growing. There are now also bills before the General Assembly to ban helium balloons, disposable plastic trays and tableware.
By some estimates, an average American family uses as many as 1,500 bags annually, and experts say one billion plastic bags are used in Connecticut every year.
It is sad to see the absolute greed of the plastics industry to try and override the intentions of these types of bill to protect our environment so future generations will have what we have. To put their greed first for them selves and not to care about the children of today and tomorrow is appalling.
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