Queensland is eliminating single-use problematic plastics. 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 ...
Australia. The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) is gearing up to institute its total ban on single-use plastic bags as it looks to slowly phase out all single-use packaging in the state. From June 1, all single-use bags would be banned in the state, meaning businesses and ind...
SYDNEY, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- To help bring life back into Australia's Great Barrier Reef and the broader environment, leaders in the local State of Queensland are considering a complete ban on single use plastics, which they say will be a first for the country in terms of the scope. Min...
In response to the growing concern over single-use plastics' environmental impact, Biotuff, a leading innovator in sustainable packaging solutions, presents their compostable produce bags as the ultimate answer to Australia's plastic bag problem. With plastic waste accumulating alarmingly and its ...
three-quarters of people in 28 countries said single-use plastics (SUPs) should be banned as soon as possible, according to a survey conducted by pollster Ipsos (Paris; www.ipsos.com/en) in conjunction with the Australia-based Plastic Free July initiative (Freemantle; www.plasticfreejuly.org...
New Zealand also banned disposable plastic bags in 2019, as have Australia's two largest supermarket chains. States such as New South WalesExternal link, opens in new window. have banned the use of plastics in a range of products altogether, along with the elimination of single-use lightweight...
use a glass poster These tactics were enhanced by working with building management to install filtered and sparkling water taps. Within 10 months, plastic water bottle usage was down 70% and we achieved the goal of getting to zero single-use plastic in October 2019. “By showing the bigger...
South Australia's historic ban on single-use plastic products started on March 1st, with drinking straws, stirrers and cutlery to be prohibited from sale, supply or distribution across the state. The ban is the first of its kind across Australia and follows the ground-breaking legislation passin...
But while growth has slowed recently, the production of single-use plastic from "virgin" fossil fuel sources is still nowhere near its peak, and the use of recycled feedstocks remains "at best a marginal activity", Australia's Minderoo Foundation said in its Plastic Wa...
China's ban on single use plastics comes after it's complete ban on the imports of non-industrial plastic waste. As you may or may not already be aware, China has a growing rubbish problem. But how much plastic waste did China import? The quantity of plastic waste China had to manage ...