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? Issaquah, Wash., voters to decide fate of plastic bag ban – USA
Posted on November 3, 2013 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsIssaquah, Wash., voters to decide fate of plastic bag ban – News – Plastics News.
The vote comes after Save Our Choice, a group opposing the measure, filed a petition with Issaquah’s City Council asking for a full repeal of the measure, which bans plastic bags and puts a 5-cent fee on paper bags. The City Council unanimously voted to hold the special election on Feb. 11, according to online video of the meeting.
The opposition group filed 2,626 valid signatures to force the vote, 77 more than were needed. The City Council could have decided to simply repeal the ordinance, but opted for the referendum.
How do we get the politics out of these decisions? A plastic bag ban is essential in a big city these days. The environment, the wildlife and we as humans need it if nothing other than to teach us to be a bit more organised to take reusable bags with us rather than ‘expecting’ a free bag from a store every time. We hope the referendum results in a continued ban.
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