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? 
Ajman observes ‘Day Without Plastic Bags’ – UAE
Posted on May 23, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulations
Ajman observes ‘Day Without Plastic Bags’.
This is a good step in raising the awareness of the problems of plastic waste, especially the waste by single use plastic bags. These are an item that are not necessary and should be banned due to their non biodegradable properties. Some parts of the UAE have opted for degradable plastic bags which is a mistake as they are only making their situation worse with now 1000’s of plastic fragments loose in the environments.
Keep the pressure on and eliminate the unnecessary use of plastic, our clean future depends on it.
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