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? Western Australia’s Plan for Plastics bans single-use plastics – Australia
Posted on July 7, 2021 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsSource: Western Australia’s Plan for Plastics bans single-use plastics – Food & Beverage Industry News
The Plan for Plastics has been fast-tracked by the Western Australian government by four years and will see single-use plastics including bowls, plates, cutlery, straws and polystyrene food containers banned by December 2021.
“It is fantastic to see Western Australia being recognised for its nation-leading action on plastics,” Environment and Climate Action minister Amber-Jade Sanderson said.
“Single-use plastics are a scourge on our environment and our native wildlife, and we all have a role to play in reducing our use this Plastic Free July.”
The second stage of the plan will start in December 2022 and will mean further single-use plastic products will be phased out, including takeaway coffee cups and lids.
It is a pleasant surprise to see take away coffee cups and lids to be banned. That is a great bold move. We don’t need them and they are used in billions as people are too unorganised to think to bring their own cup.
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