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? Folly gives preliminary approval to beach plastic ban
Posted on September 15, 2016 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsFOLLY BEACH — The city is one step closer to becoming the state’s first seaside community to ban from the beach polystyrene coolers and food and beverage containers, as well as balloons and single-use plastic bags.
Source: Folly gives preliminary approval to beach plastic ban
The city is one step closer to becoming the state’s first seaside community to ban from the beach polystyrene coolers and food and beverage containers, as well as balloons and single-use plastic bags.
Mike Martinez, a representative of the Dart Corp., told council there is “no credible evidence” that plastics harm marine life. He advocated consumer education about beach litter rather than the ban. Dart makes foam and plastic food and beverage containers.
It is difficult to understand who a person such as Mr Martinez could so blatantly make such a statement while looking at a picture of a dead bird with its stomach full of plastic. How does he relate to his wife and children if he is solely focused on profits at the expense of everything else.
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