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? General Archives - Page 2 of 8 - Plastic Waste Solutions
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‘Biodegradable’ plastic will soon be banned in Australia. That’s a big win for the environment
Posted on March 15, 2021 by DrRossH in General, Plastic Waste NewsThe obvious answer then, is to eliminate problematic plastic altogether, as the National Plastics Plan is attempting to do, and replace single-use plastics with reusable alternatives. Source: 'Biodegradable' plastic will soon be banned in Australia. That's a big win for...
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Victoria to ban single-use plastics including straws, cutlery and plates by 2023 – ABC News
Posted on February 28, 2021 by DrRossH in General, Plastic Limiting RegulationsSource: Victoria to ban single-use plastics including straws, cutlery and plates by 2023 - ABC News Plastic straws, cutlery, plates, drink stirrers, polystyrene food and drink containers, and plastic cotton bud sticks are the specific items getting phased out, the...
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Delivery of Australia’s largest PET recycling plant underway – Australia
Posted on February 9, 2021 by DrRossH in GeneralSee source article Construction is now underway on Australia’s largest end-to-end PET recycling facility in Albury-Wodonga, which will see the equivalent of around one billion plastic bottles recycled each year. The raw plastic material that Circular Plastics Australia PET will recycle...
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Waste to biofuel industry on cards for Collie – Australia
Posted on February 9, 2021 by DrRossH in GeneralSource: Waste to biofuel industry on cards for Collie In partnership with the Shire of Collie and with $2 million from the WA Government’s Collie Futures Industry Development Fund, Renergi will design, build and operate a $9.4 million, 1.5 tonnes/hour
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Importation of plastic bags, straws, cotton buds banned from 1 January – Malta
Posted on January 4, 2021 by DrRossH in General"It is high time that we give answers to our children who ask about all the litter on our beaches, who see photos of washed-up seagulls with stomachs full of plastic products, and injured turtles caught up in plastic bags...
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DEP delays plastic bag ban – Maine USA
Posted on January 4, 2021 by DrRossH in GeneralSource: DEP delays plastic bag ban - The Ellsworth AmericanThe Ellsworth American A statewide ban on single-use plastic carry-out bags scheduled to go into effect Jan. 15, 2021, and the polystyrene foam disposable food service container ban scheduled to go...
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Plastic bag ban brings costs for businesses, consumers – Delware USA
Posted on January 4, 2021 by DrRossH in GeneralSource: Plastic bag ban brings costs for businesses, consumers - Del. Business Times Starting Jan. 1, large and chain grocery stores, pharmacies, and retail stores in Delaware will no longer be allowed to provide thin, single-use plastic bags to customers...
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Mexico City’s ban on single-use plastics officially takes effect |
Posted on January 4, 2021 by DrRossH in GeneralSource: Mexico City’s ban on single-use plastics officially takes effect | KTLA A broad ban on single-use containers, forks, straws and other ubiquitous items takes effect in Mexico’s capital, one of the world’s largest cities, after more than a year...
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Beach Patrol looking for bright ideas to keep litter from ocean – Australia
Posted on July 23, 2019 by DrRossH in GeneralSource: Beach Patrol looking for bright ideas to keep litter from ocean A dedicated group of south-west volunteers have been rewarded with a state government grant to continue their environmental work cleaning up the region's beaches. Beach Patrol 3280-3284 will receive...
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Seven-Eleven Japan to offer rice balls in bioplastic wrappers
Posted on June 25, 2019 by DrRossH in GeneralConvenience store operator Seven-Eleven Japan Co. said Monday it will start selling all of its rice balls in wraps made of biomass plastics possibly from July as it aims to reduce the use of fossil-fuel-derived materials for the environment. Source: