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"Victorians will no longer have access to single-use plastics from today as the
government enacts a ban on the items across the state.
The ban prohibits the supply and sale of plastic straws, cutlery, plates,
drink-stirrers, expanded polystyrene containers and cotton bud sticks.
The single-use plastic ban was announced in February 2021 and the state
government has since provided grants to help businesses trail the use of
alternative items. Plastic shopping bags were banned in Victoria in 2019.
Individuals who require the use of single-use plastic drinking straws due to a
medical requirement or disability will be exempt from the ban.
According to the government, single-use plastics make up a third of all
Victoria's litter.
But plastic waste experts and anti-pollution campaigners expressed concern the
ban does not go far enough and have questioned how Australia's plastics ban can
compete with pollution on a global scale."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
