New South Wales Treasurer Matt Kean has handed down his first Budget with the state’s forecasted deficit more than tripling to $11.3 billion due to spending during the Omicron and Delta outbreaks.
Fill It Forward
Colorado, Maryland, and California have instituted plastic bans and are actively cracking down on waste.
With businesses finding ways to comply, 63% of consumers forget their reusable shopping bags when they enter the store, according to reuse company Fill It Forward.
With the pandemic making it more difficult to push reuse, the plastic problem has reached new heights, according to the Guelph, ON, Canada-based company’s Founder and CEO Matt Wittek.
Prior to March 2020, retailers, restaurants, and everyday consumers were headed in the right direction when it came to lessening their overconsumption of single-use plastic. The pandemic disrupted efforts to reduce the use of non-recyclable plastics, from grocery bags to plastic forks.