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? 
Longport bans release of helium balloons, limits lawn watering
Posted on December 13, 2016 by DrRossH in Balloons
LONGPORT – Concerned about the fragile environment, the Board of Commissioners Dec. 7 passed two ordinances that put the onus on residents to preserve and protect what many take for
Source: Longport bans release of helium balloons, limits lawn watering
Carol Jones of Tuckahoe, a member of the Surfrider Foundation South Jersey Chapter, said that while sailing to Europe 1,000 miles from the coast, she came across a sea turtle that had eaten a balloon and become entangled in the ribbon that was attached.
“So many people here are concerned for sea life and birds,” she said.
Although balloons are sometimes released by accident or mistake, there are many boaters concerned about marine life, Margate resident Steve Jasiecki said.
“Because the ocean is a different environment, it could prolong the degrading of balloons,” he said. “We need to have laws to get people to take heed to the problem. We are sending a message that we care, and that it’s littering and it’s dangerous.”
Joe Hayburn of Ocean City, who helps his friend band osprey chicks, said he has found string tied to balloons in their nests.
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