SYDNEY, July 1 (Xinhua) -- A ban on single-use plastic bags in Australia's Queensland state came into effect on Sunday, in the latest major effort to reduce the impact of the items on the country's environment. "Queenslanders use close to one billion of these plastic shopping bags per ...
According to the article, some Australian states are reluctant to impose bans without the support of federal regulation. Topics include the Planet Ark Environmental Foundation Ltd., a law banning plastic bags in Fremantle, Western Australia, and the relationship between local and federal legislation....
Western Australia's move follows similar ones recently taken in the public and private sector. In June, supermarket chain Woolworths stopped providing single-use plastic bags from its stores nationwide, in a move expected to remove more than 3.2 billion of the items from the environment every year...
1【题目】Banning the bagsMost people bring their shopping home in plastic bags.But that is starting to change in a number of countries.Australia is a good example. In most states in Australia,thin plastic bags have been banned. These are the kindof plastic bags in the photo. They are cal...
CANBERRA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- A ban on single-use plastic bags by Australia's two biggest supermarket chains has prevented 1.5 billion bags from entering the environment in less than half a year. The National Retail Association (NRA) on Monday revealed that the consumption of single-use plas...
Australia reported recently its slow plastic bag ban led to an 80 percent decrease of use. Around 27 countries have placed a tax on plastic bag production and 30 charge their consumers a fee if they wish to use plastic bags. Another way countries have tried addressing plastic waste pileup ...
Australia is doing a remarkable job in an effort to reduce the consumption of plastic bags. Australian Associated Pressreported that approximately 1.5 bn fewer bags have been used after Australia’s two largest supermarket chains banned plastic bags three months ago. This ban led to around 80 perc...
The state of Victoria is also set to introduce a single-use plastic bag ban this year. Following this, New South Wales will remain as the only Australian state without a ban on plastic bags. Incidentally, a survey carried out in Western Australia had revealed overwhelming support for a state...
The article offers information on the hazards of using plastic bags in Australia and the initiatives taken to make the world free of the bags. It reports on ignorance by the general public of the environmental toxicity caused by...
National and regional plastic bag bans have beensuccessfully implemented widely internationallyin Asia, Europe, Australia and North America. Butplastic bagsare not the only single-use plastic items being targeted —polystyrene is on the hit list as well. Food businesses in Washington, D.C. and San...