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? Study to assess local advanced recycling industry – Australia
Posted on March 23, 2021 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource: Study to assess local advanced recycling industry
Collaboration between technology developer Licella, recycler iQ Renew, Coles, polymer manufacturer LyondellBasell and Nestlé marks a major step towards a circular economy for soft plastic packaging, with the announcement of a joint feasibility study to determine the technical, economic and environmental benefits of a local advanced recycling industry.
The study will stake out potential sites in Victoria for an advanced recycling facility using innovative Australian technology called Cat-HTR (Catalytic Hydrothermal Reactor) — a form of hydrothermal liquefaction technology developed by Licella. The technology has been recognised by Prime Minister Scott Morrison for its potential to help tackle the growing global issue of plastic waste.
If the Logistics of waste collection and transport can be solved this could offer some good solutions to plastic waste.
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