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? 
Turning Trash Into Treasure: How AI Is Revolutionizing Waste Sorting – USA
Posted on June 3, 2024 by DrRossH in Plastic RecyclingThe US has lost land about the size of Maryland to landfills. Discover how AI-driven sortation is recovering millions of recyclables and helping save the planet.
Source: Turning Trash Into Treasure: How AI Is Revolutionizing Waste Sorting
Interesting to read how robots can be trained to sort our waste into recycable types, but the last paragraph of the article is the most important of all;
We must remember that solving the waste management crisis requires more than just technology. Individuals must play their part by disposing of waste responsibly and adhering to the principles of reduce, reuse, and recycle. Simple actions by each of us, such as separating recyclables from general waste, composting organic materials, and reducing single-use plastics, can make a substantial difference.
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