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? NSW council brings back soft plastics drop off – Australia
Posted on September 4, 2025 by DrRossH in Plastic RecyclingShellharbour City Council in New South Wales is inviting the community to take part in another one of its soft plastics recycling drop-offs.
Source: NSW council brings back soft plastics drop off – Waste Management Review
“This is about doing the right thing for our environment and making it easy for everyone in our community to get involved. It’s a simple way we can all help protect what makes Shellharbour special.”
The event will be coordinated by staff and volunteers from the Illawarra Shoalhaven Joint Organisation (ISJO), who are supporting soft plastics recycling efforts across the region.
While the council is to be applauded for taking this action, the set up is wrong. Any plastic recycling scheme should not rely on volunteers to address the problem. The plastic makers or suppliers have to have a roll in managing the plastic waste from the products they supply. Letting them off with no responsibility is just wrong.
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