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? Packaging targets will not be met – here’s why – Australia
Posted on October 25, 2024 by DrRossH in Plastic RecyclingIn 2018 the Australian Government established the 2025 National Packaging Targets. The four targets to be achieved by 2025 were.
Source: Packaging targets will not be met – here’s why – Inside Waste
Surely if we want to create a circular economy, we need to start with the obvious right in front of us. We need to create the market incentives or policy proscriptions to get this recyclable packaging out of landfill. It is not difficult. But it requires political will and political support.
It requires investment in infrastructure and systems to lift RR and RC. The 2.5 million tonnes of packaging that goes to landfill does so because it is cheaper or easier to landfill it compared to recycling. Rational for many generators.
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