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? Industry urges Ikea to reconsider phasing out EPS – USA
Posted on January 27, 2017 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsExpanded polystyrene [EPS] producers have called on furniture supplier giant Ikea to reconsider its plans to phase out oil-based EPS foams from its packaging.The Swedish affordable furniture manufacturer announced in its sustainability report in December, that it was progressing towards the
Source: Industry urges Ikea to reconsider phasing out EPS – Plastics News
Yet again the EPS industry has shown how irresponsible they are. They have had years of warning that their product was not wanted and will be gotten rid of. But did they invest that time in seeking a more environmentally friendly product that could replace EPS and allow them to keep their business going into the future? Oh no. They keep their head in that sand and cry foul when another users drops their product. Good move Ikea.
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