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? Opinion: The importance of mass balance in chemical recycling
Posted on December 6, 2024 by DrRossH in Plastic RecyclingFor the chemical recycling industry to realize future growth, it would be beneficial to establish clear guidelines as to how companies can allocate chemically recycled material to their products as they try to hit recycling targets, argues Joshua Dill, Analyst, Plastics Recycling, at ICIS
Source: Opinion: The importance of mass balance in chemical recycling | Sustainable Plastics
For the chemical recycling industry to realize future growth, it would be beneficial to establish clear guidelines as to how companies can allocate chemically recycled material to their products as they try to hit recycling targets. The lack of guidance in this area adds to the overall uncertainty around chemical recycling from a legal standpoint, which negatively impacts investment in the nascent industry. Investments in chemical recycling are important to broadening the scope of recyclable feedstock by targeting those plastics and their specific applications that are not suitable for mechanical recycling.
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