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? SA announces select committee on soft plastics – Australia
Posted on July 27, 2023 by DrRossH in Plastic Recycling, Plastic Waste NewsA Select Committee of the South Australian Legislative Council has been established to inquire into the recycling of soft plastics.
Source: SA announces select committee on soft plastics – Inside Waste
There is particular reference to:
(a) How South Australia has responded to REDcycle being unable to process soft plastics;
(b) Investigate how supermarkets and other collection points have ceased collections and what can be done to re-establish these services;
(c) Determine whether funding from the state government (including Green Industries SA funding) has been sufficient to support South Australian businesses and local government councils within the soft plastics and other recyclables industry, including aluminium;
(d) Identifying short and long term opportunities and solutions to ensure soft plastics can be recycled in South Australia;
(e) Examining strategies more broadly to reduce soft plastic waste generation and better management of commercial and residential waste; and
(f) Any other related matters.
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