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? As states challenge California EPR, question of who pays for plastics looms large – USA
Posted on July 4, 2026 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsSource: As states challenge California EPR, question of who pays for plastics looms large – Plastics News
The legal fight brewing over California’s plastics packaging EPR law asks who pays the bill for waste: consumers and companies through the price on store shelves or taxpayers dealing with pollution and inadequate recycling?
A June 22 lawsuit by Republican-led states to block California’s extended producer responsibility law says that the Democratic-led plan will raise costs for consumers around the country.
But backers of the Golden State’s law say it’s needed to hold companies accountable for the waste disposal and public health costs from the rapid growth of plastics in consumer products.
The Republicans have a very naive view of the world. The issues with plastic waste should have been borne long ago. The manufacturers and consumers have to pay the real costs of using plastic products. If it is too expensive then find another material or go without.
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