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? Does Trump’s ban on paper straws impact York’s new ban on plastic straws? – USA
Posted on May 2, 2025 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsYork’s ordinance is taking effect at a time when President Trump has taken aim at paper straws with the executive order he issued earlier this year.
Source: Does Trump’s ban on paper straws impact York’s new ban on plastic straws?
Here in York, the prohibition on plastic straws will pertain to local stores, restaurants, coffee and tea shops, cafeterias, caterers, food delivery services, and town-sponsored events. Health care facilities will be exempt from the ordinance.
“I think people understand it’s a cost,” Ring said. “Honestly, at some point, the whole state will be in this together, you know? And also, plastic pollution is a cost that all of society has to share.”
For Trump, the executive order he issued is about “bringing back common sense.”
“Paper straws often come individually wrapped in plastic, undermining the environmental argument for their use,” his administration states on the White House’s official website.
The administration states that bans on plastic straws in cities and states throughout the country are the result of “caving to pressure from woke activists who prioritize symbolism over science.”
The White House also argues that paper straws are more expensive, are not as environmentally friendly, and “use chemicals that may carry risks to human health … and can bleed from the straw into a drink.”
What nonsense. The one good thing about the Trump administration does is they are very good about lying to the people.
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