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? Bans on polystyrene containers and single-use bags continue to spread
Posted on March 12, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsPlastics News – Bans on polystyrene containers and single-use bags continue to spread.
These bans are an important part of moving into the future with a cleaner and more sustainable environment for us all. The coalition is only focusing on their profits now and could care less about the cleaner environment for their children of their descendents to enjoy.
We hope the common sense light of day will prevail over the judicators and enforce these bans and encourage others to adopt similar bans.
As for the plastic bag makers, smart business sense would tell them to get on board to make reusable bags and biodegradable bags. Otherwise the day will come when they have no product to sell and their legal bills will have been substantial. If they switched to the better sustainable products, they could use the money they would otherwise pay to legal fees to pay for the switch over costs. Ask yourself which makes more sense?
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