Nine year old 'Straw No More' advocate Charlie Erlewein stepped up to the Council podium today to deliver a strong message to her community: it's time to.
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Queensland gets ready for plastics ban
Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef and Minister for Science and Youth Affairs The Honourable Meaghan Scanlon
With just over a month to go, businesses across Queensland are getting ready for Queensland’s ban of single-use plastics.
Environment Minister Meaghan Scanlon said the Palaszczuk Government was teaming up with Australia’s peak retail body the National Retail Association (NRA) as well as the Boomerang Alliance for a travelling roadshow to make sure businesses and community groups were ready for the shift to more sustainable products.
“Half of all plastic produced is designed to be used only once, ending up in landfill and harming our environment,” Minister Scanlon said.
WA accelerates plan to ban single-use coffee cups by 2023
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Plastic coffee cups and lids designed to be used once will be a thing of the past for Western Australians by within two years as part of the state’s plan to accelerate its action on single-use plastic.
The WA ‘Plan for Plastics’ will be fast-tracked by four years with a view to phase out single-use plastic items such as bowls, cups, plates, cutlery and polystyrene food containers by the end of 2021 as part of stage 1. Helium balloon releases will also be phased out by this year and single-use coffee cups by 2023 as part of stage 2 of the plan.
Western Australia's Plan for Plastics fast-tracked by four years Single-use plastic coffee cups and lids now included in the plan and to be phased out by.
Plastic straws, stirrers, cutlery, plates and bowls and expanded polystyrene (foam) cups and containers will all be banned this year from September 1, under new state government legislation.