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? Plastics treaty talks clash over production limits, slow progress
Posted on November 29, 2024 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsNegotiations for a global plastics treaty hit a boiling point on Nov. 27, as countries accused each other of bad faith and expressed frustration over stalled talks.
Source: Plastics treaty talks clash over production limits, slow progress | Plastics News
One flashpoint in the talks has been between major oil producing countries who want to keep the treaty focused narrowly on waste management issues, vs. other nations that want a broader deal that tackles chemicals in plastics, human health impacts and limits or caps on plastic production.
“The progressive majority now has a mandate: leave the laggards behind, speed up the development of the text, and utilize every tool available to get this job done,” she said.
Similarly, Greenpeace said the stalling tactics of some nations risks a failed treaty.
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