FIRST TRANCHE SINGLE-USE PLASTIC ITEMS
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PROPOSED SECOND TRANCHE (expected 2022-24)
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA (legislation passed in September 2020 with ban introduced on 1 March 2021)
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- plastic straws, stirrers and cutlery
- compostable plastic items are included in the ban (for these listed products)
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- expanded polystyrene (eps) cup, bowl, plate and container, listed oxo-degradable products (2022)
- (after further investigation) takeaway coffee cups, (thick) plastic bags and other food service items
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QUEENSLAND (legislation passed in March 2021 with ban introduced 1 September 2021)
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- plastic straws, stirrers, cutlery, plates, bowls, eps cups and containers, oxo-degradable products
- compostable plastics and other packaging items certified to the Australian standards (AS 4736/AS 5810) are allowed/exempt from the ban
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- coffee cups/lids, other plastic items and heavyweight plastic bags (after further analysis) - expected in 2022
- Plastic Pollution Reduction Strategy allows for further additions in future
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AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (legislation was passed in March 2021 with ban introduced on 1 July 2021)
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- plastic cutlery, stirrers, expanded polystyrene food and beverage containers
- compostable plastic items are included in the ban (for these listed products)
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- plastic fruit/vegetable produce bags, oxo-degradable products, plastic straws (expected in 2022)
- (in longer term) coffee cups and lids, plastic dinnerware, heavyweight plastics bags and cotton ear buds
- enabling legislation allows for further additions in future
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA (fast-tracked legislation being drafted and expected in 2021)
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- plastic straws, stirrers, cutlery, plates and bowls, expanded polystyrene food containers, heavyweight plastic bags, helium balloon releases
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- plastic fruit/vegetable produce bags, microbeads, expanded polystyrene packaging, coffee cups/lids, cotton buds with plastic shafts, oxo-degradable products (expected 2022)
- Plan for Plastics allows for further additions in future
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VICTORIA (ban to take effect in Feb 2023 after consultation)
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- balloon release is banned from 1 Jul 2021
- single-use plastic straws, cutlery, plates, drink stirrers, polystyrene food and drink containers, and plastic cotton bud sticks are banned
- government agencies to ban by Feb 2022
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- awaiting further information
- government plastics planning allows for further additions in future
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NEW SOUTH WALES (NSW Plastic Plan legislation expected in 2021 with specified bans)
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- lightweight shopping bags banned (6 months after legislation passed)
- plastic straws, stirrers, cutlery, expanded polystyrene food service items, cotton buds with plastic sticks, microbeads in personal care and cosmetics (12 months after legislation passed)
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- plastic bowls and plates, cups, oxo-degradable plastics, fruit stickers, heavyweight plastic bags and produce bags (to be reviewed in 3 years)
- EPR scheme for cigarette butts
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TASMANIA (future intentions unknown)
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- no bans on identified single use plastics. At recent election in May 2021 State Government committed to a Plastic Plan with legislation to ban yet unidentified plastic items
- (Hobart City Council has introduced a ban on certain items that includes compostable plastics that meet Australian, US or EU standards)
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NORTHERN TERRITORY (future intentions unknown)
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- no bans on identified single-use plastics. The Territory Government is developing a new Waste Strategy that will include a plan for plastics
- Darwin City Council banned disposable coffee cups, lids, straws, cutlery, plates, bowls and takeaway containers from use on council land in 2019. This includes the release of helium balloons
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