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? Resin Identification Code change could shape publics view – Viewpoint – USA
Posted on July 4, 2013 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsResin Identification Code change could shape publics view – Viewpoint – Plastics News.
Changes are coming — at last — to the Resin Identification Code. While the changes may seem superficial, the reality is that if they’re successful, this has the potential to change the public’s perception of plastics packaging.
But the real hope here is that by removing the arrows, consumers will stop using the code, and recyclers will find new ways to educate the public on what can be recycled.
The plastics industry hasn’t changed the code in 20-plus years, so even a small change is going to make an impact — it will have a cost; it will take some effort.
And getting rid of the arrows means the industry, brand-owners, municipalities and recyclers are going to have to settle on a better way to educate the public about plastics recycling.
The risk we run by making a non recycling looking symbol is that consumers won’t perceive it as a recycling indicator and just start to bin all their waste.
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