The ban, which starts today, includes prohibiting the supply and sale of plastic straws, cutlery, plates, drink-stirrers, expanded polystyrene containers and cotton bud sticks and brings Victoria into line with most other states.
abc.net.au/news/victoria-single-use-plastic-ban-starts-today/101909986Victorians will no longer have access to single-use plastics from today as the government enacts a ban on the items across the state.
Individuals who require the use of single-use plastic drinking straws due to a medical requirement or disability will be exempt from the ban.But plastic waste experts and anti-pollution campaigners expressed concern the ban does not go far enough and have questioned how Australia's plastics ban can compete with pollution on a global scale.
"If you compare [Victoria's ban] to other states like WA, South Australia, Queensland, they moved some time ago and they are now working on a second [round] of items," he said."Our submissions to the government said they should include more items … such as heavyweight plastic bags, coffee cups, some of the other plastic packaging. But it's important we start."
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