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.
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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? Park Ridge fifth-grader leads ‘Ban the Bag’ environmental effort – Park Ridge Herald-Advocate.
Here a 5th grader is showing more forward looking thinking that the WA state government in Australia. Are you smarter than a 5th grader? Apparently not in WA.
Jennifer says:
Post Author April 4, 2012 at 6:33 amHey there, love the post! My name is Heather Colvin and I am the editor for a apomcny called Green Monkey, a yoga and Balanced Living apomcny based out of Miami. We put together a monthly mailer on health, wellness and sustainable living and I ran across your blog. We are looking for writers for our April guide, which is based all around sustainable living. If you would be interested in contributing content we would love to feature you. Please feel free to email me at if you are interested in writing for us and we can discuss details. Thanks!Heather
Rita says:
Post Author April 7, 2012 at 4:07 amI thought fiindng this would be so arduous but it’s a breeze!