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? More support for plastic bag ban – Australia
Posted on August 16, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsMore support for plastic bag ban – The West Australian.
The City of Vincent, which covers inner-city shopping districts Leederville, Mt Lawley and North Perth, has voted to give in-principle support to outlawing non-bio- degradable plastic grocery bags.
The proposed bylaw, which would see non-biodegradable bags banned entirely and force grocers to charge customers 10¢ for every biodegradable bag, will now go to a public comment phase.
Vincent council joins Fremantle, which voted to ban non-biodegradable plastic last month, while Nedlands council would look at doing a trial, a spokesman said.
Andy Curshen says:
Post Author August 18, 2012 at 3:52 pmAs an active opponent of the continuing worldwide waste problem caused by the careless disposal of plastics I would be most interested in engaging in discussions with DrRossH on this subject.
Andy Curshen
Glen Rock Environmental Commission
Glen Rock NJ, USA
email: andy@andycurshen.com
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