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? 
Vic awards first energy from waste licence
Posted on March 19, 2024 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalThe Maryvale Energy from Waste project will process non-recyclable municipal solid waste that would otherwise go to landfill.
Source: Vic awards first energy from waste licence
Victorian Minister for Environment Steve Dimopoulos said the Waste to Energy Scheme is a key initiative that will help the state reach its target of diverting 80% of waste from landfill by 2030.
Victoria has the second highest waste-to-landfill amount in Australia, according to the National Waste Report 2022, with the state witnessing a 15% increase since 2016–17.
“We know we need to look beyond landfill to reach net zero, and EfW is one way in which to divert from landfill,” said Richard Kirkman, CEO and Managing Director for Veolia Australia and New Zealand.
“These facilities have been converting waste into heat and electricity by means of combustion, as well as enabling recycling of metals and reuse of aggregates. In comparison to landfilling, they also manage waste immediately rather than leaving it to future generations to manage,”
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