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Resources for further information
Browse the following links to find out more about single-use problematic plastics in Australia, and how legislation may affect you.
Australia wide
- Action Plan for Problematic and Unnecessary Single-Use Plastic Packaging (packagingcovenant.org.au)
- https://documents.packagingcovenant.org.au/public-documents/Our%20Packaging%20Future
- https://documents.packagingcovenant.org.au/public-documents/Australian%20Packaging%20Consumption%20and%20Resource%20Recovery%20Data%20Dec%202019.pdf
South Australia
- https://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/LZ/B/CURRENT/SINGLE-USE%20AND%20OTHER%20PLASTIC%20PRODUCTS%20(WASTE%20AVOIDANCE)%20BILL%202020.aspx
- https://www.greenindustries.sa.gov.au/resources/review-of-the-plastic-shopping-bags-(waste-avoidance)-act-2008
- https://www.greenindustries.sa.gov.au/plastic
- https://www.greenindustries.sa.gov.au/resources/turning-the-tide-on-single-use-plastics-next-steps-2019-
- https://www.replacethewaste.sa.gov.au/resources-page
- https://www.greenindustries.sa.gov.au/__media_downloads/205738/Explanatory%20information%20on%20exemptions.pdf?downloadable=1
New South Wales
- https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/hdp.au.prod.app.nswdpie-yoursay.files/6115/8338/7047/19p2034-nsw-plastics-plan.pdf
- https://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/your-environment/recycling-and-reuse/plastics-plan
- https://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/your-environment/recycling-and-reuse/20-year-waste-strategy-for-nsw
Victoria
- https://www.epa.vic.gov.au/for-business/how-to/comply-with-plastic-bag-ban
- https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/hdp.au.prod.app.vic-engage.files/8015/3205/3934/Reducing_the_impacts_of_plastic_on_the_Victorian_Environment_-_Consultation_Report.pdf
- https://www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/You-and-your-home/Live-sustainably/Single-use-items
Australian Capital Territory
- https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/View/b/db_63522/current/PDF/db_63522.PDF
- https://www.yoursay.act.gov.au/single-use-plastics
- https://www.act.gov.au/our-canberra/latest-news/2020/january/phasing-out-single-use-plastic-products-in-the-act
- https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/hdp.au.prod.app.act-yoursay.files/2415/7199/4497/Engagement_Report.pdf
Queensland
- https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/pollution/management/waste/recovery/reduction/plastic-pollution/single-use-plastic-products-ban
- https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/pollution/management/waste/recovery/reduction/plastic-pollution/tackling-plastic-waste
- https://www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0022/133771/single-use-plastics-summary-report.pdf
Western Australia
- https://www.wa.gov.au/service/environment/business-and-community-assistance/western-australias-plan-plastics
- https://www.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-11/Let%27s%20not%20draw%20the%20short%20straw%20-%20reduce%20single-use%20plastics%20consultation%20report.pdf
- https://www.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-11/WA_Plan_for_Plastics.pdf
Tasmania
- https://www.hobartcity.com.au/files/assets/public/public-health/food/single-use-plastics-faqs.pdf
- https://www.governmentnews.com.au/hobart-bans-single-use-plastics/
- https://www.hobartcity.com.au/files/assets/public/rubbish-recycling-and-street-cleaning/l8897-plastic-takeaway-containers-single-use-plastics-2017initiative-single-use-plastic-by-law.pdf
- https://www.hobartcity.com.au/Business/Food-and-beverage-businesses/Single-Use-Plastics-By-Law-Information?
- https://ablis.business.gov.au/service/tas/single-use-plastics/41747
Northern Territory
- https://nt.gov.au/environment/environment-protection-recycling-waste/plastic-bag-ban
- https://www.darwin.nt.gov.au/community/programs/climate-change-and-environment/plastic-wise#:~:text=Single%20use%20plastic%20items%20including,deliberate%20release%20of%20helium%20balloons
- https://www.darwin.nt.gov.au/community/programs/climate-change-and-environment/plastic-wise
- https://www.darwin.nt.gov.au/sites/default/files/publications/attachments/plastic_wise_info_booklet_final_web.pdf
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-01/plastic-ban-darwin-city-council-single-use-markets/10060424
Related Detpak articles on single-use plastics:
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Action on Problematic Single-Use Plastic Packaging
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Bringing in the new year with new targets for plastics
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South Australia passes plastics ban legislation
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Momentum grows on China’s plastic bans
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