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? 
Soft plastics recycling scheme: ACCC gives eight-year go-ahead – PKN Packaging News
Posted on November 13, 2025 by DrRossH in Plastic Recycling
Source: Soft plastics recycling scheme: ACCC gives eight-year go-ahead – PKN Packaging News
The authorisation enables SPSA and participating companies – including Woolworths, Coles, Aldi, Nestlé, Mars and McCormick Foods – to collaborate on the development and rollout of a voluntary product stewardship scheme to recover used soft plastic packaging such as shopping bags and food wrappers.
According to the ACCC, its assessment focused solely on competition matters rather than the design or operation of the program.
“As the scheme aims to acquire and broaden the current instore and kerbside trial collection programs for soft plastic recycling, we’ve determined that it will likely result in some soft plastics being diverted from landfill,” said ACCC deputy chair Mick Keogh.
“We consider this is an environmental benefit.”
Keogh noted strong community demand for soft plastics recycling options, with limited pathways currently available.
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