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? 
Coles to stop selling soft-plastic shopping bags – Australia
Posted on May 17, 2023 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste News
Coles has committed to stop selling soft-plastic shopping bags in-store and online by the end of June 2023.
“This decision to no longer offer soft-plastic bags at the checkout is proof of our commitment to reduce the amount of plastic used in our stores and online. This positive change will remove 230 million plastic bags from circulation in one year,” Swindells said.
“We will continue to sell 100 per cent recycled paper bags that can be recycled kerbside, as well as other reusable options. The 100 per cent recycled paper bags have been tested for use and we’re confident they can hold up to six kilos of goods.”
The announcement follows Coles’ decision to remove single-use plastic carry bags at checkouts in 2018, which saved about 14,000 tonnes of plastic from being produced each year.
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