More Single-Use Plastics to Be Banned

More single-use plastics to be banned

Plastic bread tags, pizza savers, and other hard-to-recycle items are set to disappear in one state as authorities crack down on pollution.

The household and common plastic items to be banned in NSW from next year

Plastic bread ties will be phased out and helium balloon releases will be banned in New South Wales.

Bread tags on long list of plastic items to be phased out in NSW

The second phase of the NSW government's plan to tackle the plastic pollution crisis will roll out in stages from next year until 2030.

NSW advances plastics phase-out with new manufacturing, recycling measures

The NSW Government has announced the next phase of its plan to phase out single-use and problematic plastics, in a move expected to boost local manufacturing of recyclable and reusable products. The announcement, made ahead of National Recycling Week, marks a major step in the state’s efforts to tackle plastic waste, which makes up about 74 per cent of litter in NSW waterways.  According to the government, less than 16 per cent of plastic waste …

NSW Plastics Plan comes for soy sauce fish

The next step of the NSW state government's ambitious phase-out of single-use plastics will ban soy sauce fish containers, bread tags and detachable plastic bottle lids. The post NSW Plastics Plan comes for soy sauce fish appeared first on SmartCompany.

Members of Senedd call for plastic-wrapped veg ban amid health fears

Alarming health warnings that microplastics are being found in human brains, blood and breastmilk sparked calls for a ban on single-use plastic on fresh fruit and vegetables. Rhys ab Owen, who sits as an independent, brought forward a cross-party proposal to ban the use of “unnecessary” single-use plastic packaging for fruit and veg. He told […]