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 soft plastics stewardship scheme set for trials – Inside Waste
Posted on October 1, 2024 by DrRossH in Plastic RecyclingThe trials are being undertaken a newly created independent stewardship scheme, Soft Plastics Stewardship Australia (SPSA).
Source: New soft plastics stewardship scheme set for trials – Inside Waste
A soft plastics recycling trial based in Queensland is set to test different ways people can return soft plastics to be reprocessed. The trials are being undertaken a newly created independent not-for-profit product stewardship scheme, Soft Plastics Stewardship Australia (SPSA).
The government has committed $1 million to the pilot, which will trial new approaches to recycle the waste.
Under the pilot, trial hubs will be established in locations across Queensland to test different ways to allow people to return soft plastic packaging.
The trials will start in Brisbane before the end of the year, with the Sunshine Coast, Goondiwindi and Cairns to follow in the coming months. The hubs will trial a variety of collection options over a 12-month period to see what works best for urban, regional and remote Queenslanders.
This will include:
- kerbside yellow-lid bin collections in specific locations;
- return to store;
- council drop off locations; and
- drop off at central points such as container refund points.
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