The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) has welcomed the ACT government’s proposed legislation to introduce a ban on single-use plastics.
Plastic cutlery, plastic stirrers, and expanded polystyrene takeaway containers will be the first to go under legislation expected to be introduced in the first quarter of 2020.
In a nation-first, the ACT government has announced plastic fruit and vegetable bags will also be banned 12 months after the legislation is introduced, as well as oxodegradable plastic products and plastic straws – with exemptions for people with disabilities.
