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? bottle recycling Archives - Plastic Waste Solutions
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Scotland considers cash for bottles/cans scheme to drive recycling
Posted on May 30, 2015 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsScotland considers cash for bottles/cans scheme to drive recycling - Waste Management World. Richard Lochhead, environment secretary, said: “Countries such as Germany, Sweden and Norway already have such systems in place as do parts of Canada, Australia and the United...
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Western Europe’s Experience with Refillable Beverage Containers | Reduce, Reuse, Refill!
Posted on October 20, 2014 by DrRossH in Plastic & Wildlife, Plastic Waste NewsWestern Europe's Experience with Refillable Beverage Containers | Reduce, Reuse, Refill!. In spite of the high prevalence of refillable beverage containers in many countries, refilling has been slowly declining across Europe. In 1997, 41 percent by volume of the mineral...
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Mexican PET recycler working to raise public awareness
Posted on July 20, 2014 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsMexican PET recycler working to raise public awareness - News - Plastics News. Communication, especially with children, is the key to increasing recycling, he said. .And just like in the United States, the marketing and strategy director said, some adults in...
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A solution to the full wrap shrink recyclability problem? Not so fast – USA
Posted on June 4, 2014 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsA solution to the full wrap shrink recyclability problem? Not so fast - Perspective - Plastics News. If you’ve been following the debate around full wrap shrink labels and PET container recyclability, you might have heard declarations of victory in...
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Glasgow-based event venue joins Coke recycling scheme
Posted on March 15, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsGlasgow-based event venue joins Coke recycling scheme. These recycle zones are good and public education is also good. But...
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