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? 
Firm to convert plastic into fuel from March – Kenya
Posted on March 1, 2017 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste News
Alternative Energy Systems has started test runs for its plant that converts plastic waste into synthetic fuel oil. The Kiambu-based company uses a conversion technology that involves heating the waste under controlled conditions to produce oil, similar to industrial diesel oil and heavy fuel oil used in power plants, industrial furnaces and boilers.Alternative Energy Systems CEO Rajesh Kent yesterday said the project will be ready for commissioning in March.
Source: Firm to convert plastic into fuel from March
More than 24 million plastic bags are used monthly in Kenya, according to the Green Belt Movement, half of which end up in the solid waste mainstream, constituting the biggest challenge to solid waste management in the country.
The Kiambu plant is a first of its kind commercial project, with a similar model currently under piloting in South Africa.
It has a capacity of recycling 16 tonnes of plastic waste per day.
Good to see such importance being put on elimination of plastic waste. Plastic bags are such a big problem in all countries. Well done to Kenya for having more foresight than many other western countries. 24 million bags month is about 190 ton per month. (each bag is about 10 gms). Therefore 16 ton per day or 480 ton per month should be more than enough to tackle that waste, if they can get them shipped aback to the facility.
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