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? 
Further bans served to single use plastics – Our Canberra
Posted on May 30, 2023 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulations
Further bans served to single use plastics
Source: Further bans served to single use plastics – Our Canberra
From 1 July 2023, the ACT Government will ban additional single-use plastics including single-use plastic plates and bowls, expanded polystyrene loose fill packaging and trays, and plastic microbeads in rinse-off personal care and cleaning products.
These items join the list of single-use plastics that have already been banned in the ACT, including:
- single-use plastic straws (with exemptions for those who need them)
- cotton buds with plastic sticks
- all oxo-degradable plastics. These plastics contain additives which cause them to break down into harmful microplastics. They are often used in products like dog waste bags and rubbish bags and can be labelled as degradable.
- single-use plastic cutlery
- single-use plastic stirrers
- expanded polystyrene takeaway food and beverage containers.
- single-use plastic shopping bags at or below 35 micrometres in thickness.
From 1 January 2024, the ACT Government will also phase out heavyweight and boutique plastic bags.
Banned from 1 January 2024 Heavyweight and boutique plastic bags (greater than 35 microns in thickness). The ban applies to all shopping bags that are made (fully or partially) of plastic. This includes soft plastic bags greater than 35 microns in thickness, and bags made from plastic-laminated paper or cardboard. The ban does not apply to: • unsealed bags used to package perishable food such as fruit or cooked poultry • nylon, polyester or woven polypropylene shopping bags • non-woven polypropylene bag with a minimum weight of 90g/m² measured as a single layer of fabric, with sewn, rather than heat-welded seams.
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