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? Efforts to curb plastic-bag litter face major opposition – New York
Posted on February 3, 2017 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulations
New York legislators are set to overturn a New York City law that would have put a 5-cent fee on bags beginning Feb. 15.
Source: Efforts to curb plastic-bag litter face major opposition
New York legislators in Albany are trying to overturn a New York City law that would put a 5-cent fee on paper and plastic bags beginning Feb. 15. Two bills that would have done the same in New Jersey have stalled in Trenton after being sponsored by three Bergen County Democrats and other legislators last year.
“There has been such a strong push against these bags, so it’s a bit disheartening,” said Jen Benson, who organizes cleanups for the Hudson Riverkeeper advocacy group. “The fight’s not over. If New York can still impose the fee, it can set a precedent for the entire region.”
Supporters say the fee would encourage shoppers to bring their own reusable tote bags to the store. It may not be quite as convenient, but it’s a small sacrifice to make, they say.
The legislators are so supportive of manufacturers they always for get that they are representatives. Representatives of the people of their state. People entrust them to make decisions for the betterment of the people not the betterment of a few corporations making an out dated product. We need to get rid of these free plastic bags and urgently.
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