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? 
Freeport approves ban on single-use plastic bags – The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram
Posted on June 17, 2016 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulations
The ordinance prohibits disposable plastic shopping bags and includes a 5-cent fee on paper bags.
Source: Freeport approves ban on single-use plastic bags – The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram
Advocates of the bag ban say plastic is not biodegradable, creates litter and is especially harmful to sensitive marine ecosystems. In July 2015t, the town’s Solid Waste and Recycling Committee recommended banning disposable plastic bags, noting evidence of microplastics in the water column and in marine organisms.
Reducing or eliminating plastic bags within 30 miles of the coast is “recognized as an effective solution to mitigate the impacts of plastics entering the marine environment,” the committee said.
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