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? Plymouth plastic bag ban approved by AG- USA
Posted on February 27, 2017 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsApproved at last fall’s Town Meeting, Article 28 sought to ban carry out plastic bags less than 3 millimeters thick and require that only reusable
Source: Plymouth plastic bag ban approved by AG
The Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General has approved the town’s plastic bag ban.
The ban technically took effect when the AG’s decision was officially posted by the town clerk’s office, which, according to Town Clerk Laurence Pizer, took place Tuesday, Feb. 21.
Retailers have six months to come into full compliance (Aug. 21), or if they cannot comply immediately because of economic hardship they may request a one-time six month extension (through Feb. 21, 2018).
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