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? Bakey’s Edible Cutlery Could Reduce Plastic Waste – The Green Optimistic
Posted on March 31, 2016 by DrRossH in GeneralNew type of edible cutlery can put an end to careless disposal of plastic spoons and chop sticks. Plastic pollution is an enormous problem, which continues
via Bakey’s Edible Cutlery Could Reduce Plastic Waste – The Green Optimistic.
Bakey’s cutlery is made of different types of flour that are mixed with water and then baked into the shape of a spoon (to start with). The makers use sorghum flour, which needs 60 times less water than rice flour. This means that not only water is saved, but also it can potentially create a new farming niche, stimulating farmers to move away from the dominating rice and turn to alternatives like millets.
Because it is made out of completely natural materials, with no extra coatings, or additives, it is perfectly safe to be eaten once the meal is over. Of course, this is not extremely necessary, as if you throw it away, insects, dogs and birds can eat it too. And if they do not want it, then it will decompose in less than a week. The shelf-life of the cutlery is 18 months.
Maybe this could take off.
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