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? Coca-Cola eases back on pledge for reusable packaging – USA
Posted on December 6, 2024 by DrRossH in Plastic RecyclingEnvironmental groups are complaining that the beverage giant allegedly backed away from reusable packaging goals.
Source: Coca-Cola’s new environmental goals bring reusable packaging to spotlight | Plastics News
Coca-Cola Co., already a target of frequent criticism regarding the company’s use of plastic, is facing fresh criticism because of the firm’s reported discontinuation of reusable packaging goals.
“Coke’s latest move is a masterclass in green washing, ditching previously announced reuse targets, and choosing to flood the planet with more plastic they can’t even collect and recycle effectively,” claimed Von Hernandez, global coordinator of the group. “If they can’t even keep their low-bar commitments, how can they claim to be serious about addressing the global plastic crisis?”
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