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? 
New Research Sheds Light On How Compostable Packaging Breaks Down
Posted on May 22, 2024 by DrRossH in BioPlastics, Plastic Waste News
According to the study, compostable packaging breaks down successfully at composting facilities that meet reasonable operational parameters.
Source: New Research Sheds Light On How Compostable Packaging Breaks Down
But Anita Spiller, ESG vice president at Tru Earth, which produces eco-friendly laundry strips, said in an email not enough people are aware of the differences between industrial composting and “backyard or Home” composting to begin with.
“Compostable plastics can’t break down in your backyard like your table scraps would. They have to be taken to a specialized facility and break down under certain conditions,” said Spiller.
“And of course, there are issues with infrastructure. Consumer package goods companies can innovate new products as much as they want, but if their compostable products require a facility, then most of it will end up in landfills and waterways,” she added.
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