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? 
SeaWorld eliminates plastic bags: SeaWorld says it will eliminate plastic shopping bags in its theme parks – Orlando
Posted on April 27, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulations
A good step by Seaworld. Considering the oceans receive millions of tons of plastic wast a year, Seaworld is an ideal entity to ban plastic bags.
However other theme parks are side stepping the issue with some shallower green claims;
“Both Disney and Universal Orlando say they take steps to make their plastic shopping bags environmentally conscious, such as by using recyclable plastic or printing messages on the bags encouraging shoppers to reuse them.
Paper bags can pose challenges for theme parks. Walt Disney World says it has considered switching to paper but has found that plastic bags are more durable and that humidity can make it difficult to adequately store paper bags.”
Doesn’t Disney understand that the fact plastic bags are more durable is exactly what makes them the problem? Perhaps Disney could make a little effort to revert back to paper.
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