Posted on December 11, 2024 by DrRossH in Compostable PlasticsBioplastics have been constrained to a niche largely due to high production prices. There is, however, more to total price than the production price of resin. Levies and fees on producers count towards a product’s final price. Just how competitive bioplastics...
Continue reading this entry → Posted on August 22, 2024 by DrRossH in Compostable PlasticsCompostable plastic bags used in FOGO bins may be banned in Victoria. Government considering changes to standardise the four-bin recycling system. Concerns raised about contamination and potential impact on recycling programs.
Source: Recycling rules set to tighten - Surf Coast...
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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.
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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?