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Queensland passes laws banning ‘killer’ single-use plastics

Queensland has become the second Australian state to pass laws banning single-use plastics including straws and cutlery that are blighting the state’s waterways and beaches and endangering wildlife.

Environmental groups congratulated the Queensland government after it passed legislation on Wednesday night that will ban single-use plastic items, including polystyrene food containers and cups, from 1 September.

Polystyrene to be phased out next year under Australia’s plastic waste plan

Conservation groups welcome aspects of the largely voluntary packaging and recycling targets but warn regulation will be necessary

Polystyrene foam commonly used to package consumer goods will be phased out in Australia by mid-2022 as part of a national plan to combat mounting plastic waste.

‘Biodegradable’ plastic will soon be banned in Australia. That’s a big win for the environment

To start dealing with Australia’s mounting plastic crisis, the federal government last week launched its first National Plastics Plan.

The plan will fight plastic on various fronts, such as banning plastic on beaches, ending polystyrene packaging for takeaway containers, and phasing in microplastic filters in washing machines. But we’re particularly pleased to see a main form of biodegradable plastic will also be phased out.

Biodegradable plastic promises a plastic that breaks down into natural components when it’s no longer wanted for its original purpose. The idea of a plastic that literally disappears once in the ocean, littered on land or in landfill is tantalising — but also (at this stage) a pipe dream.

Plastic recycling results in rare metals being found in children’s toys and food packaging

Some of the planet’s rarest metals—used in the manufacture of smartphones and other electrical equipment—are increasingly being found in everyday consumer plastics, according to new research.

Scientists from the University of Plymouth and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign tested a range of new and used products including children’s toys, office equipment and cosmetic containers.

Through a number of detailed assessments, they examined levels of rare earth elements (REEs) but also quantities of bromine and antimony, used as flame retardants in electrical equipment and a sign of the presence of recycled electronic plastic.

Coca-Cola turns to 100% recycled plastic bottles in U.S.

Coca-Cola Co will sell its popular sodas in bottles made from 100% recycled plastic material in the United States

The soda and beverage giant, criticized for being one of the biggest producers of plastic waste, pledged a couple of years ago to collect and recycle a bottle or can for each one it sells globally by 2030.

The company will start rolling out the new 13.2oz bottles of Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero Sugar, Coca-Cola Flavors this month in select states in the Northeast, Florida and California.

The Atlanta, Georgia-based firm said the new recycled bottles would help reduce its use of new plastic by more than 20% across its North American portfolio compared with 2018.

Estonia’s EU plastics tax bill comes to €23.6 million for 2021

Estonia’s European Union non-recycled plastics tax bill come to €23.6 million this year, ERR reports, though some experts say that Estonia pays considerably more than it should do in proportion to its size and wealth. The tax proved unpopular with the former Center/EKRE/Isamaa coalition when it was introduced last year.

The ocean cleanup device in the Pacific Ocean is finally working! The Ocean Cleanup recently announced that a boat has been able to retrieve plastic – including tires, microplastics, ghost nets, and crates – collected by the device. Read more about the Ocean Cleanup at this link.
⁠(: Courtesy of The Ocean Cleanup)

So, in 2020, with the Covid pandemic, once the coffee shops reopened and some students wanted lessons « as usual » (we mostly turned to online teaching and even now I have some of the private lessons online still, after all it works well that way too^^).
Anyway, I decided to keep all the cupsI’ve got to use since bringing your own tumbler wasn’t accepted. Every now and then I also forget my own tumbler and have to use one of those. I feel so bad when I do so because of the pollution it holds. And so I decided to keep all the cups I’ve got to use between March 2020 and March 2021. I studied design and ended up hating how it works on making people dependent of trash, just to get them to use there money. Those designs are super cute indeed. And similarly I love the starbucks cards designs but now I take pictures of them but don’t get any. I can’t continue to participate to this. But this change made me unfit for the world I live in, unfit socially (as if I wasn’t awkward enough already..) but this is what it is I guess. I need to align my actions to what I know is right. But I’m still learning to not be mad at myself when I fail… and as I fail often I still feel like crap.
And yes there is some @mcdonaldsjapan @mcdonalds and @cainz_official cups in there as well. Same deal but worse : still not allowed to bring our own cup there so I avoid going there as much as I can.
Well.. what should I do with all this cute trash now ???
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