PACE

OVERVIEW
THE PLASTIC
PLASTIC REDUCTION REDUCTION AND

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AND CIRCULAR CIRCULAR
ECONOMY BILL
ECONOMY BILL 2021 2021 WAS PASSED
IN AUSTRALIA
An Act to prohibit particular AND THE SUPPLY
items, create a framework for OF SINGLE-USE
product stewardship for PLASTICS IS NOW
companies that own the BANNED IN MOST
brands of specific products, STATES/TERRITOR
and for connected reasons. IES OF
AUSTRALIA.

WHICH

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AUSTRALIAN
STATES ARE
BANNING SINGLE-
USE PLASTICS?
By 2022, the Western
Australian government will
outlaw plastic plates, bowls,
cups, cutlery, stirrers, straws,
thick plastic bags, polystyrene
food containers, and balloon
releases.

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 EPA NSW -
ENVIRONMENT
PROTECTION AGENCY
SINGLE-USE PLASTIC
ITEMS BAN IN NSW |
7NEWS

On November 1, 2022, the ban was

expanded to cover single-use plastic
cotton buds, straws, stirrers, cutlery,
bowls, and plates, and expanded
polystyrene food service items, such
as cups and hamburger containers. It
also now covers rinse-off personal
care products that contain plastic
microbeads.
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