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? 
Experts call for change after UN plastics treaty talks fail – Geneva
Posted on August 19, 2025 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsAfter almost two weeks of tense negotiations, the INC failed to agree on a treaty text or clear plans for how the UN plastics treaty can be delivered.
Source: Experts call for change after UN plastics treaty talks fail
After almost two weeks of tense negotiations, the countries failed to agree on a treaty text or clear plans for how the treaty can be delivered.
Experts are calling on leaders to do more after the latest session failed to result in a successful outcome.
“The failure of states to find agreement in Geneva is bitterly disappointing. This outcome is neither what communities, scientists, businesses and civil society demanded nor what our leaders promised,” said Zaynab Sadan, WWF’s Global Plastics Policy Lead and Head of Delegation at INC-5.2.
“An overwhelming majority of states from all corners of the world expressed willingness and alignment for an effective treaty to end plastic pollution. That provides hope for the future. However, a minority of blockers and the tradition of consensus decision-making leave us with no outcome.
“This process showed that consensus decision-making has outplayed its role in international environmental negotiations.
“Continuing without any radical shift in the process, without giving proper weight to the demands of the majority, would be futile.
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