Subj : Litter was: soda pop
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sat Sep 17 2022 12:11:02
Hi Dave,
DD> plastics and plasticised wrappers have made litter a MUCH bigger issue
DD> than it used to was.
RH> And, it seems, people don't care as much about cleaning up after
RH> themselves as they used to. I remember seeing signs put up by DOT
RH> advising a $50. fine for littering. That would barely faze a lot of
RH> people now' keeping up with inflation rates, maybe a $500. fine would
RH> be more of a deterant. Main problem tho, is catching the litterbug in
RH> action.
DD> My point was that most of the plastics in use today are "eternal" and
DD> stashing them out-of-sight in landfills does NOT solve that problem.
DD> But, it's a matter of convenience (and PROFIT$) so I don't expect any
DD> concerted effort to fix the problem(s).
Until something is developed that will break down in a reasonable time
frame, not damage the environment, etc, it's a problem we'll have to
deal with, like it or not.
