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? Police issue stern warning against smugglers of Polythene bags.- Rawanda
Posted on April 27, 2016 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsPolice issue stern warning against smugglers of Polythene bags.
Rwanda National Police (RNP) has issued a stern warning against people who attempt to smuggle plastic bags in the country. The warning comes after Police, on April 21, intercepted a group of smugglers trying to sneak 80 packets of non-biodegradable polythene bags in the country through the hills of Cyuve Sector in Musanze District.
He added that, “Use of plastic bags is prohibited since 2008. From then, we have put up several mechanisms including legal provisions against use of plastic bags. We have also encouraged the public to be alert and report anybody dealing in any materials that degrade the environment.”
Rawanda can do this but not a modern country like Australia? Why is that?
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