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...
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.EBSCO_bspPlastics News
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has initiated a ban on heavyweight and boutique plastic bags starting from 1 January 2024. The new regulations target all single-use shopping bags that are either wholly or partly made using plastic. The ACT Government has prohibited the circulation and use ...
The idea is brought up by Rebecca Prince-Ruiz, an activist living in Western Australia. She realized that, in addition to raising awareness, she wanted to do something to actually reduce plastic waste.(无塑料七月是一项全球性运动,鼓励全球各地的人们放弃一次性使用塑料。这个想法是由居住在西澳大利亚...
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...
SEE ALSO:France is the first country to ban all plastic plates and cups On Tuesday, Sept. 12, Western Australian Premier Mark McGowanannounceda statewide ban of single-use plastic bags starting on July 1, 2018. South Australiawas the first state to ban non-degradable plastic bans in 2009, ...
Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, isbanning a range of single-use plastics, such as straws, cutlery, and drink stirrers, in an attempt to curb plastic pollution. This follows a ban on lightweight plastic bags in June 2022. Victoria and Queensland implemented similar bans in...
The first time ever I realized that plastic was a serious matter for our planet was during a road trip in Western Australia, almost 12 years ago.I stopped at a supermarket along the Coral Bay coast to buy some food and the lady behind the counter told me they didn't sell any shopping...
Prepared for the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Australia https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/hdp.au.prod.app.vic-engage.files/1915/0580/1564/Plastic_Bags_Ban_Options_-_Cost_Benefit_Analysis_Report.pdf. Accessed 10 December 2020 Maxime F (2018) Ivry: le...
North America was the largest region in the plastic alternative packaging market in 2023. The regions covered in the plastic alternative packaging market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. For further insights on the plastic ...