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 treaty talks spotlight clash over health risks from chemical additives
Posted on August 11, 2025 by DrRossH in GeneralAs U.N. plastics treaty negotiations resume in Geneva, industry and scientists release dueling research over whether health risks from chemical additives should be part of the agreement.
Geneva — As global plastics treaty talks kick off again, one of the most controversial unresolved issues will be how — or even whether — the agreement should address potential human health impacts of chemicals used in making plastics.
IT would make the mose sense to talk about chemcials used in plastics at a plastics treaty conference. But the plastics manufacturers say no that should be a seperate treaty. They are too scared that their sales will get restricted if the issue were included. They don’t care about human health or wildlife health.
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