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? Professor Hawking: Pollution and ‘Stupidity’ Are Biggest Threats to Humanity – Jul 25 2016 08:00 AM – Breaking News – Pollution Solutions Online
Posted on July 31, 2016 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsProfessor Stephen Hawking has reiterated his belief that pollution and “stupidity” remain the biggest dangers to the continued existence of the human race. Speaking in Tenerife at the annual Starmus conference aimed at disseminating scientific ideas, Hawking unleashed a scathing attack on ignorance and unwillingness to tackle the major challenges which face the global population today.
“We Certainly Have not Become Less Greedy or Less Stupid”
No more needs to be said on this issue. Professor Hawkins is absolutely right as usual.
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