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? 
Queensland to ban single-use plastic bags from 2018
Posted on November 25, 2016 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulations
The Queensland Government will ban single-use plastic shopping bags from 2018, and says it will not wait for other east-coast states to do the same.
Source: Queensland to ban single-use plastic bags from 2018
The Queensland Government will ban single-use plastic shopping bags from 2018, and will not wait for other eastern states to do the same.
Key points:
- Queensland says it will not wait for Victoria and NSW to come on board for an east-coast ban
- Ban on single-use plastic bags would start in 2018
- LNP Opposition has promised to phase-out single-use bags if elected
Labor has been considering a ban for more than a year, and in recent months has been pushing for New South Wales and Victoria to join a so-called east-coast ban
Finally a East Coast state sees the way forward to the future. Why is the state of Victoria to be last to take initiatives again!
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