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? South Australia delays plastic barrier bags ban – Australia
Posted on September 18, 2025 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSouth Australia has pushed back the start date for its ban on non-compostable plastic barrier bags used for unpackaged wet proteins.
Source: South Australia delays plastic barrier bags ban – Inside Waste
The ban, which was originally due to take effect from 1 September 2025, will now commence 1 September 2027. The decision to delay reflects the state’s recognition of the practical difficulties involved in finding suitable alternatives for these products, particularly given the need to balance food safety, shelf life, hygiene and consumer convenience with the environmental goal of reducing plastic waste.
They need to look at landfill biodegradable bags.
These products are
- Proven to biodegrade at the accelerated rates by independent tests, so not leaving plastic waste long term. (This is not degradation, Many people get biodegrade and degrade mixed up, when they are very different processes. Degradation is the break up caused by chemical additives (prodegradants) over 12 – 18 months. Nothing to do with any Bioactivity. Biodegradation is the break down caused by microbes digesting the organic plastic material away into a biogas and an organic sludge, humus. To accelerate this breakdown in plastic, an organic and highly biodegradable food rated supplement is added to the plastic at a small amount)
- Biodegradation occurs in the anaerobic or aerobic depths in modern landfill.
- Contain no prodegradant additives that would cause degradation or formation of microplastics.
- Retain full recyclability with soft plastics
- Retain the full strength and water proofness of a conventional PE bag
- Are approved Food safe
- Are near transparent
- Unlike Home compostable bags, Biogone bags have no shelf life limitations. They will last many many years if not in a landfill. Only when they are disposed to a modern landfill will the microbes see them as a food source and start to digest them away.
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