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? Silicon Valley must do its part to reduce plastic in oceans
Posted on May 18, 2012 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsSan Jose is to be applauded for its foresight to rid us of plastic bags. They are indeed seeing into the future and the greater than now mess, we would have if nothing changed.
It is amazing to see a number of comments from people criticizing such a move towards a sustainable future over their own short term selfish needs. A lot of people it seems need to have a good look into the plastic waste problem we are all making, here and in other countries. To put ones head in the sand and say it is not me is choosing to be just leave the problem for their descendents to deal with. Plastic waste is a huge and getting larger problem every year as it is not biodegrading away. It needs a huge solution and moves like this are a vital part of it.
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