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? In win for industry, new plastics treaty draft drops production, chemical health – Geneva
Posted on August 16, 2025 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsThe latest draft of the global plastics treaty drops proposed limits on resin production and rules on chemical toxicity in a move sharply criticized by the European Union, Latin American nations and others who say the agreement is too weak.
Source: In win for industry, new plastics treaty draft drops production, chemical health | Plastics News
Oil producing nations and other countries that favor a more limited version of the treaty focused on waste management and recycling also criticized the latest draft, although for different reasons.
But some of them suggested it appeared workable.
They said they were representing a sizable share of the world’s population, and said they wanted the treaty to balance economic development with environmental protection.
However, environmental and civil society groups sharply criticized the latest draft, with one calling it a gift to the plastics industry.
If they can’t agree to limit production then impose a plastics tax!
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