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? The plastic bag ban starts today in some Qld stores — here’s what you need to know – Australia
Posted on June 20, 2018 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsSupermarket giant Woolworths is banning single-use plastic bags from today ahead of a statewide ban taking effect next month.
Source: The plastic bag ban starts today in some Qld stores — here’s what you need to know
From July 1, 2018, retailers will no longer be able to supply single-use lightweight plastic shopping bags less than 35 microns in thickness.
The bags will be banned at all Woolworths stores from today, while Coles will follow on July 1.
Over 3.9 billion plastic shopping bags are used in Australia every year and the majority go to landfill.
They take years to break down, and many end up in the environment polluting oceans, rivers and beaches.
Finally the environment gets a little break from plastic waste. Actually a huge break as far as plastic bags are concerned. Woolworths and Coles are the two largest sources of plastic bag problems in the environment.
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