All single-use plastics should be banned by 2023 Senate inquiry recommends

A Senate inquiry into Australia’s recycling crisis has recommended that all single-use plastics – which could potentially include takeaway containers, chip packets and coffee cups with plastic linings – be banned by 2023.

All single-use plastic should be banned by 2023 - Senate inquiry.

The wide-ranging report also recommends the establishment of a national container deposit scheme as a response to an unfolding crisis in Australian recycling that forced some councils to tip their recycling into landfill.

The report sets out a blueprint to create a “circular economy” – where all materials used in Australia are then recovered and reused domestically. 

Read the story by Naaman Zhou from The Guardian - “All single-use plastics should be banned by 2023 Senate inquiry recommends.”