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? 
The 32 parks people could soon be banned letting go of balloons – UK
Posted on June 12, 2018 by DrRossH in Balloons
Chinese lanterns too
Source: The 32 parks people could soon be banned letting go of balloons
Officials at the authority say drifting helium balloons are a threat when they deflate and drop back down to earth as they present a choking or digestion hazard.
They say air balloons contribute to the death of marine wildlife, risk injury to animals and the environment.
Council officers say pressure from groups such as the RSPCA has led them to avoid a “do nothing approach”.
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