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? Balloon ban idea floated
Posted on February 14, 2017 by DrRossH in BalloonsQUEENSLAND is preparing for a ban on single-use plastic bags from 2018 but wildlife groups say the ban should be widened to include the release of helium balloons.
Source: Balloon ban idea floated
QUEENSLAND is preparing for a ban on single-use plastic bags from 2018 but wildlife groups say the ban should be widened to include the release of helium balloons.
The State Government sought public feedback on the planned ban of single-use plastic bags late last year, with plans to introduce the ban from 2018.
Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland welcomed the proposal, but want the ban extended to also include the ban of helium balloons being released.
We run BeachPatrol a volunteer group of over 2000 people covers 22 post codes. We clean beaches around Port Phillip bay in Port Melbourne every month. We frequently find balloon fragments on the beaches. Too many. This is an item that needs to be banned from public release. Where did the idea of releasing balloons to remember our departed loved ones come from? How does it help? A sense of release? Does harming a turtle of a sea bird give you a sense of release? There are much better ways.
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