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? 
Shoppers to pay plastic bottle deposit – UK
Posted on March 29, 2018 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulations
A money-back scheme for returning glass, plastic bottles and cans in England is to be introduced.
Source: Shoppers to pay plastic bottle deposit
UK consumers use around 13 billion plastic drinks bottles a year but more than three billion are not recycled.
Scotland has already announced plans for a deposit return scheme and in Wales, ministers said they want to help implement a UK-wide system.
Northern Ireland will consider the approach as part of a review later this year.
Similar schemes in northern Europe have led to a big increase in the amount of plastic recycled.
Great move for the UK. The bottle makers have to be involved in the recovery of these bottles and cans. For too long they have gotten off scott free all the while knowing their products were polluting the land and oceans. They should have to pay part of the cost. The public if they don’t litter will face no more charges. Those that do litter will pay the extra fee. A simple scheme that works very well.
Go the UK!
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