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? Sweden abolishes tax on plastic bags despite warnings usage could rise | Sweden | The Guardian
Posted on November 1, 2024 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsLevy that reduced usage by more than three-quarters in four years fell victim to rightwing culture wars, say critics
Source: Sweden abolishes tax on plastic bags despite warnings usage could rise | Sweden | The Guardian
“The plastic ban tax has become a part of a very unfortunate populist narrative around climate policies from the rightwing parties and they have used it as an example of environmental overreach from the government,” he said.
“We worry that dropping the tax will mean increased plastic use and a return to the norm of always buying new bags at the supermarket.”
Sweden youd to be viewed as one of the more sensible and respected behaviour countries. Now this right wing non sensical behaviour is eroding that.
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