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? RI lawmakers seek to ban balloon releases
Posted on March 21, 2019 by DrRossH in BalloonsSource: RI lawmakers seek to ban balloon releases
Rhode Island lawmakers are hoping to ban balloon releases in the state, noting that the goal is to protect the environment and wildlife.
Rep. Susan Donovan, a Democrat who represents Bristol, introduced the bill.
“All released balloons are hazardous waste to the environment,”
She was also made aware of how big a problem it is by speaking with participants in the Volvo Ocean Race. They told her that they see broken and deflated balloons in the water and on beaches all around the world.
“That’s litter. And it’s on a mass scale, and we want to stop that,” Donovan said.
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