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? 
Sunshine Coast store bans plastic bags – Australia
Posted on September 11, 2017 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsA Sunshine Coast supermarket bans all plastic bags almost a year earlier than the official Queensland Government ban in July next year.
Source: Sunshine Coast store bans plastic bags
A Sunshine Coast supermarket has banned all plastic bags nearly a year earlier than the official Queensland Government ban in July next year.
A bill passed in State Parliament this week means that, from July 2018, single-use plastic bags will be banned across Queensland stores.
The ban on light-weight plastic bags also extends to HDPE plastic, biodegradable, compostable and degradable bags.
Lynda who’s been in Germany for a couple of months praised the move.
“In Germany you have to take your own bags to the supermarket so everyone carries calico bags.”
Local Susie agreed.
“I’m a turtle volunteer and one of the big problems is plastic in the ocean, so I’m very much in favour,” she said.
Retail worker Amelia said as an 18-year-old she felt humbled for what it will mean for future generations.
“It definitely should’ve been done a long time ago within lots of shops, and it’s good that it’s finally happening,” she said.
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