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? ocean plastic Archives - Page 3 of 7 - Plastic Waste Solutions
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Coral found to be eating plastic waste in the ocean – News – Australia
Posted on March 2, 2015 by DrRossH in Plastic & WildlifeCoral found to be eating plastic waste in the ocean – News – ABC Environment (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Researchers found that coral tried to eat small pieces of plastic, raising renewed concerns for the level of plastic waste floating in...
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We dump about 19 billion lbs of plastic into the ocean every year – USA
Posted on February 23, 2015 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsWe dump about 19 billion pounds of plastic into the ocean every year. The problem with plastic waste starts from companies who make all this disposable plastic stuff and let it loose out there. Yes it is the consumer who...
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The nurdles’ quest for ocean domination
Posted on February 22, 2015 by DrRossH in Plastic & WildlifeThe nurdles’ quest for ocean domination - Kim Preshoff | TED-Ed. Nurdles are the tiny, factory-made pellets that form the raw material for every plastic product that we use, from toys to toothbrushes. And while they look pretty harmless on...
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Plastic waste heading for oceans quantified
Posted on February 16, 2015 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsBBC News - Plastic waste heading for oceans quantified. About eight million tonnes of plastic waste find their way into the world's oceans each year, say scientists. The new study is said to be the best effort yet to quantify...
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Eight million tonnes of plastic are going into the ocean each year
Posted on February 16, 2015 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsEight million tonnes of plastic are going into the ocean each year. You might have heard the oceans are full of plastic, but how full exactly? Around 8 million metric tonnes go into the oceans each year, according to the...
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More than 25,000kg of plastic littered in NZ daily – New Zealand
Posted on February 16, 2015 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsMore than 25,000kg of plastic littered in NZ daily - National - NZ Herald News. New Zealand, one of 192 countries examined, generated about 3.68kg of waste per person each day - a rate much higher than the vast...
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Concerns over microplastics in the food chain – Australia
Posted on October 12, 2014 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsConcerns over microplastics in the food chain | SBS News. The so-called micro plastics are increasingly making their way into water supplies, sparking concerns they may travel up the foodchain to humans. It's hard to complete your grocery shopping these days...
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Clean-up volunteers tackle largely plastic pollution on Melbourne’s beaches- Australia
Posted on October 8, 2014 by DrRossH in Environmental Plastic SuppliersClean-up volunteers tackle largely plastic pollution on Melbourne's beaches. Ignorance has just become much harder, for citizens, industry and policymakers alike: CSIRO has released the damning results of a three-year study of marine debris around Australia's coastline and...
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CSUN to Host Plastic Pollution Awareness Event and Film
Posted on September 25, 2014 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsCSUN to Host Plastic Pollution Awareness Event and Film. We need a lot more of these to be held across the various high plastic use countries.
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The oceans are full of plastic – here’s what we can do about it – Australia
Posted on September 18, 2014 by DrRossH in Plastic & Wildlife, Plastic Waste NewsThe oceans are full of our plastic – here's what we can do about it. The more this huge problem gets publicity and the sooner it gets enough exposure to through to the public the better chance we'll...
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