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 Packaging Tax receipts drop in UK
Posted on September 4, 2024 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulations
A bulletin releasen by the UK’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs earlier this month revealed that PPT receipts collected by HM Revenue and Customs in the financial year 2023 to 2024 totalled £268 million.
Source: Plastic Packaging Tax receipts drop in UK | Sustainable Plastics
This represents a decrease of 6% compared to 2022/2023. In this period, 42% of the total tonnage of plastic packaging manufactured in and imported into the UK was declared as taxable.
The tax applies to manufacturers and importers of plastic packaging components which contain less than 30% recycled plastic.
“While the decrease in tax receipts to £268 million reflects some positive shifts towards more circular practices, the fact that 42% of plastic packaging remains taxable highlights the ongoing challenge businesses face in meeting the 30% recycled content threshold.”
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