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? Royal Wedding Shines a Light on the Work of Surfers Against Sewage • Surfers Against Sewage
Posted on April 10, 2018 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSurfers Against Sewage is delighted to have been selected as one of seven charities to benefit from the donations marking the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle. The couple have selected issues that they are passionate about, which is a huge testament and amazing recognition of our volunteers and supporters who work …
Source: Royal Wedding Shines a Light on the Work of Surfers Against Sewage • Surfers Against Sewage
Donations raised through the Royal Wedding will help us train and equip even more regional leaders and volunteers, enable us to reach thousands of students through our Plastic Free Schools programme, and inspire thousands of people, communities and businesses to go plastic-free with us through our Plastic Free Communities initiative.
We’re thrilled that the couple care about protecting beaches and tackling plastic pollution, and have chosen to use their special day to help promote and support our work to safeguard the UK coastline. We’d like to say a huge thank you to Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle, and we wish them all the best for the future.
The UK continues to make great strides in this area while the rest of us do nothing.
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