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? 
State Senate approves bill to block NYC’s plastic bag tax
Posted on June 9, 2016 by DrRossH in General, Plastic Limiting Regulations
Nearly a month after the New York City Council voted to approve a tax on plastic and paper shopping bags, the New York State Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that prevents cities all across the state from doing just that.
Source: State Senate approves bill to block NYC’s plastic bag tax
“The last thing New Yorkers need is another regressive tax,” Felder said. “I’ve been disgusted every time I’ve heard the absurd plastic bag tax legislation introduced. “This tax placed an undue financial burden on countless low- and middle-income residents who already struggle.”
It is hard to believe that an elected official could be so naive. This is nothing like a tax. People don’t have to take bags! If you don’t take a bag, guess what? There is no charge. That is exactly what a bag fee is meant to foster. it is mean to cut consumption down by over 80% which is a great thing. What this looney senator is thinking nonsense. Unless they have a different interest at heart that is.
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