Tag: Single-use plastic

WA to ban single-use plastic promotional film

Western Australia will become the first Australian state to ban single-use plastic promotional film in outdoor settings. Coming into effect from March 2024, the ban will apply to material used for promotional purposes...

ACT Plastics Ban: Stage 3 from 1 July 2023

The next stage of the ACT Plastics Ban is coming on 1 July 2023. The phase or tranche 3 bans build on the list of items that are already banned in the ACT. There...

Retailers welcome WA Government plan to phase-out more single-use plastics

The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has welcomed the WA Government’s leadership and commitment to ban more single-use plastic items as part of a discussion paper released on phase-out regulations for 2023. Items proposed...

ARA calls for national alignment on phase-out of single-use plastics

The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has called on the federal government to help facilitate national consistency on the phase-out of single-use plastics. ARA CEO Paul Zahra says complex state and territory legislation includes...

NSW to phase out single-use plastic

The NSW government has committed to phasing out single-use plastics state-wide, with the ban coming into effect next year. Under the Plastics and Circular Economy Act 2021, lightweight plastic bags will be phased...

Coles removes single-use plastic tableware

From tomorrow, Coles will no longer sell single-use plastic tableware. The items will be replaced with a wide range of alternatives including Forest Stewardship Council certified tableware like timber cutlery and paper plates...

Coles shelves single-use plastic tableware

Coles Group has announced its commitment to reducing plastic waste by no longer selling single-use plastic tableware products including cups, plates, bowls, straws and cutlery from 1 July 2021*. The move will “divert...

A straw that will leave the environment with more

As the COVID-19 pandemic increased, some of our sustainability methods had to decrease in order to follow strict hygiene rules. It’s an idea that I have been investigating, as I couldn’t help but...
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