All single-use plastic will be banned at Darwin City Council events and from market stalls on council land from January 1 next year — which could see more than 1,000 disposable coffee cups saved from landfill each market day.
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| Volunteers recorded nearly 1,000 straws among the waste, after a weekend Darwin market. |
The ban, which would extend to helium balloons on council land, was decided at a Darwin City Council meeting last night.
It came as supermarket chain Coles today backed down from a planned plastic bag ban in other states, instead opting to hand out free thicker reusable plastic bags indefinitely.
Alderman Emma Young said a plan providing more detail about the transition would be finalised before the end of the year.
Read the ABC News story - “Darwin City Council outlaws single use plastic, helium balloons from January 2019.”
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