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? 
Veolia Opens 16 MW Newhaven Waste to Energy Plant – UK
Posted on July 7, 2012 by DrRossH in Landfills and Disposal
Veolia Opens 16 MW Newhaven Waste to Energy Plant – Waste Mangagement World.
At the opening Veolia were keen to point out that the plant operates under highly controlled conditions and converts residual waste left over after recycling into around 16.5 MW of electricity for the National Grid – enough electricity to power 25,000 homes.
The facility will also provide the opportunity to supply heat to nearby users.
The company said that Emissions are monitored constantly and the Environment Agency has stringent requirements for the operation of the plant.
Veolia said that the plant represents a £160 million capital investment in the area and various orders placed locally during the construction phase totalled over £10 million.
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