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? December 2021 - Page 2 of 2 - Plastic Waste Solutions
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Organic additive to help plastic biodegrade 90+% faster to generate waste-to-energy – Australia
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Interpol report shows increase in illegal plastic waste imports
Posted on December 7, 2021 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsSource: Interpol report shows increase in illegal plastic waste imports - Inside Waste A report by international enforcement agency, Interpol, has noted that there has been a marked increase in the illegal importation of plastics to lower Asian and eastern...
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QLD/SA announce next stage of plastics ban- Australia
Posted on December 7, 2021 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsSource article Queensland and South Australia have announced consultations on the next stage in their plan to ban on up to 20 single use plastic items. ‘’The field of items has widened considerably with products such as plastic cups, polystyrene meat...
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US Needs National Strategy to Deal With Plastic, Report Says. This Sandhill Crane’s Injured Beak Shows Why – USA
Posted on December 6, 2021 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsSource: US Needs National Strategy to Deal With Plastic, Report Says. This Sandhill Crane’s Injured Beak Shows Why | Chicago News | WTTW The report calls on the federal government to create a national strategy, by the end of 2022,...
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