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? 
Coke, Pepsi exit plastics association, Greenpeace claims victory – USA
Posted on July 26, 2019 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource: Coke, Pepsi exit plastics association, Greenpeace claims victory
Greenpeace USA announced the news in a July 23 news release. It portrayed the departures as a victory in a year-long effort to stop plastics industry campaigns in favor of state laws that prevent cities and counties from passing restrictions on plastic and other kinds of packaging.
“Companies understand that they cannot publicly say they want to end plastic pollution, while financially supporting an association that lobbies for our continued reliance on throwaway plastics,” said John Hocevar, oceans campaign director for Greenpeace USA.
“Local communities should have the right to protect and preserve their environment without corporations interfering,” said Jan Dell, founder of the group The Last Beach Cleanup, in a comment made in the Greenpeace statement.
Greenpeace said the decision by the soft drink giants reflects a shift in public opinion.
This just shows how out of touch and money greedy the APBA members are. They are wiling to face public out cry as long as the get to defend the polluting and dangerous plastic bag production. Appalling people.
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