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? 
Strong plastic recycling industry needed -Australia
Posted on September 29, 2025 by DrRossH in General, Plastic RecyclingLed by ACOR and APCO, the Advancing Plastics Recycling in Australia (APRA) Project helps Australia’s support and strengthen recycling.
Source: Strong plastic recycling industry needed – Inside Waste
Australia’s recyclers, resource recovery companies and brand owners placing packaging on market have joined forces to commission an evidence-based analysis demonstrating the urgent need for packaging reform and the economic, environmental and social benefits of Australian recycled plastic in packaging.
Led by the Australian Council of Recycling (ACOR) and the Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO), the Advancing Plastics Recycling in Australia (APRA) Project aims to inform Australia’s governments how to support and strengthen domestic recycling and manufacturing capability, create resilient markets, reduce reliance on virgin and cheap imported plastics, and support national efforts to manage plastic waste responsibly. Achieving this has the potential to enhance domestic manufacturing while improving circularity in Australia’s economy.
The domestic production inAustralia is far below the amount of imported plastic, so we will not be able to find markets even if all the plastic (80% or so) were to be recovered and reproduced as good quality feedstock.
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