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? Nestle and Tetra Pak unveil recycling vending machines in Malaysian schools | Packaging News | Manufacture | Jobs | Design | Materials | Equipment
Posted on June 3, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsAll the students will be given a swipe card to use in the vending machines and they can earn points for each beverage can they will recycle and in turn will get sponsored gifts with the accumulated points by both the companies.
Tetra Pak communications and environment director Terrynz Tan told the website that this initiative provides another opportunity for the company to build awareness on the lifecycle of a beverage carton.
Ashish says:
Post Author June 23, 2012 at 3:45 amI recycle all of my nerppasews by giving them to local thrift stores such as Savers and Goodwill. They use the newspaper to wrap glassware, dishes, knickknacks, and other fragile items. I even give them the wrappings from paper reams (computer paper) from our office. The thrift stores are so appreciative of receiving the paper. Another use for the newspaper use multiple layers of newspaper in the garden under mulch to keep the weeds down.
Sondi says:
Post Author September 3, 2012 at 8:43 pmAt last, somonee comes up with the “right” answer!