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? Manx government proposes ban on single-use plastics – Isle of Man
Posted on July 26, 2019 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsThe Isle of Man is to see a ban on plastic bags and plates in a bid to reduce the use of single-use plastics.
The Manx government has proposed bringing the island in line with the European Union, which voted to ban single-use plastic items by 2021.
Straws, plastic-stemmed cotton buds and balloon sticks will also be banned, though some exceptions will be allowed.
Environment Minister Geoffrey Boot said the aim was to “minimise the impact” of the material.
Now can the UK do this or will their new leader follow the corporate money to do nothing on this issue?
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