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? Grocery Plastic Bag Ban And Other Environmental Measures Move Forward -Virgin Islands
Posted on June 23, 2016 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsST. THOMAS — Governor Kenneth Mapp’s proposal to restrict the use of plastic bags in the territory overcame its first hurdle on Monday, as senators who make
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Bill No. 31-0379, one of three solid waste reforms sent down to the Legislature in February by the governor, was widely supported by senators, experts and concerned citizens. The legislation will require businesses and organizations to utilize reusable bags or compostable plastic bags with the goal of eliminating plastic bags at point of sale checkouts. A large percent of all litter consists of these bags with many ending up in our waters, where plastic bags can choke sea life, kill corals and end up as chemicals in our food chain. Plastic bags will still be allowed where no acceptable substitute exists such as wrapping prepared foods or meats.
Several have testified in favor of the bag ban, including local grocer Marty Goldberg, owner of the Fruit Bowl on St. Thomas. Mr. Goldberg applauded the effort to ban the widespread use of plastic bags and agreed that the proposed laws governing bag use are critical.
It is baffling from a common sense point of view that a little Island like this can do this when a major city like New York who will have a massive plastic bag problem, can’t introduce such a simple bill. Why are New York politicians supporting the plastic bag industry?
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