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plastic bag ban: are you across the 1 july changes?
by:Keke Jewelry
2019-10-24
Since July 1 and following most other states in banning singles
Use plastic bags from large supermarkets. Non-
Queensland compliant retailers may be fined $6,300 if they continue to supply bags;
In the West, it is $5,000.
I promise to go further and by the end of next year these bags will be banned not only for major retailers, but also for takeout stores and small supermarkets.
The package was banned in 2009, and it was not long after;
Leaving the only state without a formal ban on singles.
Use plastic bags.
With major supermarket chains Woolworths, Coles and IGA launching their own bans this month (
Harris Farm, a large supermarket chain in new state, has already started using plastic.
Free bag before January 2018;
German discount chain Aldi has never provided plastic bags in stores in Australia)
Although the state is the biggest consumer of bags, the new state government insists there is no need for legislation to ban them.
Australia is following dozens of countries led by Bangladesh that had partially banned the bags as early as 2002 as they were found to have blocked the sewers in severe flooding.
In more than 15 African countries, some have banned the package, and violators may face high fines or even imprisonment.
This means that if you forget to bring your own bag, box or wheel
When you\'re shopping in a grocery store, you have to buy reusable options for the supermarket or put your item behind.
Woolworths announced the planned package ban on July 2017, and you can purchase a range of packages at checkout, including a new 15-cent \"reusable\" thick plastic bag, the company said, the plastic bag is made of recycled plastic for at least 80 cents.
There is also the \"green package\" option for 99 cents; or a $2. 50 chiller bag.
Coles and IGA, which followed Woolworth last year, will have similar products.
If you\'re used to using a shopping bag as a bin, the Australian environmental lobby group \"clean Australia\" recommends queuing up with a newspaper, or just put the garbage in a plastic bellows and rinse it out when emptying the garbage.
Scientific evidence has been growing for decades: Plastic pollution is a major
The problems on land and water roads are becoming more and more serious.
Australia said, \"more than 6 million tons of garbage are dumped into the world\'s oceans every year, including plastic and plastic bags.
\"Plastic kills 1 million seabirds and more than 100,000 marine mammals every year.
Sea turtles, whales and seabirds use garbage as food or get caught up in it, causing painful damage and even death.
Australians have been using plastic bags at an amazing speed.
\"Australians throw away about 7,150 recyclable plastic bags per minute, and 429,000 recyclable plastic bags per hour are dumped in landfill sites,\" clean Australia
The Queensland government estimates that the state uses nearly 1 billion shopping bags a year, with nearly 16 million of environmental pollution.
According to government estimates, WA uses £ 7 million a year.
The new State Environmental Protection Agency\'s 2016 review estimated that the state consumed 2 billion plastic bags per year, only recycled.
As a result, environmental groups and social media campaigns are working to take action to reduce our use of plastic across the country.
This is a good start.
There is no ban on light plastic bags used in supermarkets to collect fruits and vegetables, and most of the food sold in supermarkets is still packed in plastic packaging.
But Woolworths says it is committed to removing unnecessary packaging from the supply chain and phasing out sales of plastic straws by the end of the year.
The company, in partnership with Coles, offers REDcycle recycling bins in its stores for recycling soft plastic packaging, which the company says is used to convert into plastic products such as outdoor furniture.
The environmental group roundabout ang alliance, Greenpeace and Planet Ark believe the ban will have some impact, calling on new states to follow suit for tens of millions of States
Stores other than major retailers will still use plastic bags every year.
But there is concern that shoppers in the supermarket will choose to buy a plastic bag that is 15 C thick and then throw it away.
The states of ACT and Tasmania are currently reviewing the use of thick bags based on these issues, although the 2014 ACT review finding sheet
The use ban has resulted in a total decrease of 36 in the number of plastic bags in landfill sites.
Trevor Thornton, a hazardous materials management expert at the University of Deakin, told SBS News on April that the jury was still discussing the validity of the ban.
Dr. Thornton points out 2016 in Australia
According to the national garbage index, plastic bags account for only the total amount of Australian garbage, while cigarettes, beverage containers and takeout food packaging account for them.
Use plastic bags from large supermarkets. Non-
Queensland compliant retailers may be fined $6,300 if they continue to supply bags;
In the West, it is $5,000.
I promise to go further and by the end of next year these bags will be banned not only for major retailers, but also for takeout stores and small supermarkets.
The package was banned in 2009, and it was not long after;
Leaving the only state without a formal ban on singles.
Use plastic bags.
With major supermarket chains Woolworths, Coles and IGA launching their own bans this month (
Harris Farm, a large supermarket chain in new state, has already started using plastic.
Free bag before January 2018;
German discount chain Aldi has never provided plastic bags in stores in Australia)
Although the state is the biggest consumer of bags, the new state government insists there is no need for legislation to ban them.
Australia is following dozens of countries led by Bangladesh that had partially banned the bags as early as 2002 as they were found to have blocked the sewers in severe flooding.
In more than 15 African countries, some have banned the package, and violators may face high fines or even imprisonment.
This means that if you forget to bring your own bag, box or wheel
When you\'re shopping in a grocery store, you have to buy reusable options for the supermarket or put your item behind.
Woolworths announced the planned package ban on July 2017, and you can purchase a range of packages at checkout, including a new 15-cent \"reusable\" thick plastic bag, the company said, the plastic bag is made of recycled plastic for at least 80 cents.
There is also the \"green package\" option for 99 cents; or a $2. 50 chiller bag.
Coles and IGA, which followed Woolworth last year, will have similar products.
If you\'re used to using a shopping bag as a bin, the Australian environmental lobby group \"clean Australia\" recommends queuing up with a newspaper, or just put the garbage in a plastic bellows and rinse it out when emptying the garbage.
Scientific evidence has been growing for decades: Plastic pollution is a major
The problems on land and water roads are becoming more and more serious.
Australia said, \"more than 6 million tons of garbage are dumped into the world\'s oceans every year, including plastic and plastic bags.
\"Plastic kills 1 million seabirds and more than 100,000 marine mammals every year.
Sea turtles, whales and seabirds use garbage as food or get caught up in it, causing painful damage and even death.
Australians have been using plastic bags at an amazing speed.
\"Australians throw away about 7,150 recyclable plastic bags per minute, and 429,000 recyclable plastic bags per hour are dumped in landfill sites,\" clean Australia
The Queensland government estimates that the state uses nearly 1 billion shopping bags a year, with nearly 16 million of environmental pollution.
According to government estimates, WA uses £ 7 million a year.
The new State Environmental Protection Agency\'s 2016 review estimated that the state consumed 2 billion plastic bags per year, only recycled.
As a result, environmental groups and social media campaigns are working to take action to reduce our use of plastic across the country.
This is a good start.
There is no ban on light plastic bags used in supermarkets to collect fruits and vegetables, and most of the food sold in supermarkets is still packed in plastic packaging.
But Woolworths says it is committed to removing unnecessary packaging from the supply chain and phasing out sales of plastic straws by the end of the year.
The company, in partnership with Coles, offers REDcycle recycling bins in its stores for recycling soft plastic packaging, which the company says is used to convert into plastic products such as outdoor furniture.
The environmental group roundabout ang alliance, Greenpeace and Planet Ark believe the ban will have some impact, calling on new states to follow suit for tens of millions of States
Stores other than major retailers will still use plastic bags every year.
But there is concern that shoppers in the supermarket will choose to buy a plastic bag that is 15 C thick and then throw it away.
The states of ACT and Tasmania are currently reviewing the use of thick bags based on these issues, although the 2014 ACT review finding sheet
The use ban has resulted in a total decrease of 36 in the number of plastic bags in landfill sites.
Trevor Thornton, a hazardous materials management expert at the University of Deakin, told SBS News on April that the jury was still discussing the validity of the ban.
Dr. Thornton points out 2016 in Australia
According to the national garbage index, plastic bags account for only the total amount of Australian garbage, while cigarettes, beverage containers and takeout food packaging account for them.
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