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? AFGC’s Barden welcomes $60 m funding by federal government – Australia
Posted on July 30, 2023 by DrRossH in Plastic RecyclingThe Australian Food and Grocery Council’s (AFGC) CEO Tanya Barden has welcomed the federal government funding
Source: AFGC’s Barden welcomes $60 m funding by federal government – Inside Waste
The Australian Food and Grocery Council’s (AFGC) CEO Tanya Barden has welcomed the federal government funding to increase Australia’s recycling capabilities as important progress in developing a circular economy for packaging materials.
Barden said $60 million in funding for hard-to-recycle plastics, including soft plastics, and consultation on a national framework for recycled content traceability will boost the ability of food and grocery companies to use recycled materials in packaging.
“Food and grocery manufacturers want to use more recycled packaging content, including food-grade recycled plastics, in their packaging to increase sustainability while maintaining the quality and safety consumers expect,” Barden said.
Some people will ask why is the tax payer funding this development for the manufacturers. Should they be paying for the problems they have made for them selves?
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