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 passes plastic ban bill -Australia
Posted on April 1, 2021 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsSource: ACT passes plastic ban bill – Inside Waste
“The ban, which is in two parts, will mean that plastic cutlery, stirrers and polystyrene food and beverage containers cannot be used after 1 July 2021,’ said Jeff Angel, Director of the Alliance. “Plastic fruit and vegetable produce bags, oxo-degradable products and plastic straws will be banned in 2022; and the ACT will be the first Government to declare that public events must be plastic free. Banning these products is a good first step, although we urge coffee cups and lids, other takeaway plastics, cotton bud sticks and heavyweight plastics bags should be included asap, rather than waiting until 2023.”
At least a good start.
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