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? Plastics Recyclers Europe says PPWR is just the start
Posted on July 2, 2024 by DrRossH in Plastic RecyclingThe European Union is at the forefront of global efforts to tackle climate change, including dealing with plastic pollution. In recent years, EU institutions have taken important legislative steps to tackle this issue and advance plastic circularity in the region, leading to the signing of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) this year.
Source: Plastics Recyclers Europe says PPWR is just the start | Sustainable Plastics
Transparency and equivalent conditions for EU and non-EU recycled content
EU recyclers are currently subject to robust legislation and safety requirements. However, these cannot always be verified for imported materials, leading to a lack of a level playing field. EU and non-EU recycled content must meet the same strict environmental and safety requirements to protect consumers and ensure that the ambitious objectives of the EU Green Deal are met.
The PPWR introduces requirements for the post-consumer plastic waste originating from outside the EU to be collected following standards for separate collection, and to be recycled in a facility meeting sustainability requirements, such as the reduction of GHG emissions.
However, these requirements will need to be paired with a robust methodology that ensures strict enforcement. The secondary legislation will need to provide a clear, trustworthy method of verifying standards for recycled plastics to avoid greenwashing which is imperative in ensuring the safety of consumers and maintaining the environmental goals of the EU.
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