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? Malaysia tightens rules on imports of plastic waste
Posted on June 30, 2025 by DrRossH in Plastic RecyclingMalaysia is strictly restricting the import of plastic waste from July 1, 2025. The new rules amount to a ban on imports from certain countries and types of plastic waste.From July 1, Malaysia’s amended Customs Act prohibits plastic waste imports unless approved by, or on behalf of, SIRIM, an…
Source: Malaysia tightens rules on imports of plastic waste | Sustainable Plastics
Under the guidelines, imports of plastic waste into Malaysia are only allowed from countries that have ratified the Basel Convention, or countries with which Malaysia has trade agreements.
“We are ecstatic that this new law aims to stop much of the harmful plastic waste moving in containers each day from Los Angeles to Port Klang under the guise of recycling,” said Jim Puckett, founder and chief of strategic direction of BAN. “The ‘recycling’ is doing more harm than good as only a fraction of the exports ever get recycled. The plastics that are not feasible to be recycled are often hazardous, or contain microplastics, which are commonly dumped, burned, or released into waterways. The export of plastic waste for recycling is a complete sham and it is a relief that the US contribution to this plastic waste shell game is increasingly outlawed.”
Export of plastic waste has to be rigidly monitored to avoid corruption.
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