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? ACT Container Deposit Scheme to expand eligible containers – Australia
Posted on January 28, 2026 by DrRossH in Plastic RecyclingThe range of containers eligible for a 10-cent refund under the Australian Capital Territory CDS (ACT CDS) is set to expand.
Source: ACT Container Deposit Scheme to expand eligible containers – Waste Management Review
Following the expansion, the scheme will include containers between 150 millilitres and three litres, such as most wine and spirits, cordials and juices, and larger containers of up to three litres that are already in the scheme, like flavoured milk and juice.
“Since the scheme commenced in 2018, there have been more than 430 million containers returned via local return points, which adds up to more than $43 million in the pockets of ACT residents and community organisations
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