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? Athens plastic bag ban is officially dead – USA
Posted on August 8, 2025 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsGiven the political make-up of the Republican-dominated Ohio Supreme Court, Athens will not appeal a court decision that blocked the city from implementing a ban on single-use plastic bags.
Source: Athens plastic bag ban is officially dead – Athens County Independent
Six Republican judges and one Democratic judge sit on the Ohio Supreme Court.
The city established the single-use plastic bag ban by ordinance in 2023, and it took effect briefly in 2024. But the Ohio Attorney General’s Office sued the city, and the Athens County Court of Common Pleas found that the local ordinance violated state law.
This just shows how out of touch the USA republicans are with reality. They need to be replaced so the city can more forward.
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