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 ...
Realizing the negative impacts of single-use plastic bags, the states of Western Australia and Queensland have already decided to ban their use starting July this year. The state of Victoria is also set to introduce a single-use plastic bag ban this year. Following this, New South Wales will...
Most of these bans target thin single-use plastic carrier bags or imports of non-biodegradable bags. Some, such as the one inAntigua-Barbuda, include other single-use or problematic items, such as foam coolers and plastic utensils. A few measures – notably,Kenya's plastic bag law– impose ...
A handful of African states, including Kenya and Rwanda, are lauded as examples of successful implementations of a plastic bag ban. There are, however, a number of negative impacts surrounding the ban that illustrate the complexity of apparently simple regulatory action. The ban on the manufacture...
South Australiawas the first state to ban non-degradable plastic bans in 2009, and theAustralian Capital TerritoryandNorthern Territoryfollowed suit in 2011. Single-use plastic bags will be banned fromQueenslandby 2018, and Tasmania is set to become the first state in Australia to phase outsingle...