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 straws and cutlery set to be banned in South Australia
Posted on July 6, 2019 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsSource: Plastic straws and cutlery set to be banned in South Australia
A range of single-use plastics including straws and cutlery is set to be banned in South Australia — but that could be just the tip of the iceberg, with items including takeaway coffee cups and plastic bags also in the firing line.
Key points:
- South Australia would become the first state to ban plastic straws, cutlery and stirrers, the Government says
- Legislation will be drafted later this year and will go before Parliament next year
- The ban could eventually become much wider, extending to items such as coffee cups and bags
The SA Government said it intended to draft legislation later this year banning certain single-use plastic products, with the intention of introducing it to Parliament in 2020.
It follows a six-week consultation period earlier this year which garnered more than 3,500 responses, with an overwhelming majority in favour of “government intervention”, Environment Minister David Speirs said.
If only they could do this! IT would set a precedent for other states to follow.
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