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? White House: Bioplastics goal part of ‘huge urgency’ on climate – USA
Posted on April 9, 2023 by DrRossH in BioPlasticsPresident Joe Biden’s push to dramatically boost bioplastics manufacturing reflects a “huge urgency” in the administration to address global warming, food security and health equity, according to a White House official who worked on the policy.
Both Carter and bioindustry officials at the conference said they hope the administration’s plan can help the United States play catch up globally in biomanufacturing.
The head of the Plant Based Products Council, Jessica Bowman, said Europe and Asia are ahead of the United States in bioplastics production because they have had more support for biomanufacturing.
Figures from the group European Bioplastics said that Asia and Europe accounted for 26 and 41 percent of global bioplastic capacity in 2022, compared with 19 percent in the United States.
Carter told the audience she hopes the policy can elevate U.S. industry in the next five years.
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