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 ...
AUSTRALIAPLASTIC bagsPRESSBAGSDISCOURSEENVIRONMENTAL disastersIn order to reduce unnecessary plastic usage, most Australian states have banned lightweight plastic bags. In the non-regulated jurisdictions, the two supermarkets Coles and Woolworths self-imposed a ban, encountering customers' ...
Selected single-use plastic items are banned statewide, with further legislation coming into effect in 2023, as the Toward 2025 National Packaging Targets approach. We're here to help you understand the single-use plastic ban QLD legislation and make the switch to sustainable packaging solutions. ...
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 percent reduction in the country’s overall consumption of plastic bags. Coles and Woolworths introd...
In 2017, China announced an unprecedented ban on its import of most plastic waste, resulting in a sharp decline in global plastic waste trade flow and changes in the treatment structure of countries, whose impacts on global environmental sustainability are enormous but yet unexamined. Here, through...
Aussie state poised for plastic bag ban fine SYDNEY, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Western Australia retailers who supply lightweight plastic bags to shoppers face fines of up to 5,000 Australian dollars (3,600 U.S. dollars) from next year in line with a major green initiative, state authorities ...
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...
4.D解析:此空设于段尾,与上文存在指代关系。选项中的these hand-made bags指代上文的“many people sew.. carry-on bags"5.E解析:此空设于段中,起到承上启下的作用。根据上文“Asthe effects of plastic bags.. ban them completely. "可知,此处列举政府所采取的措施。
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...
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...