Ban Single-Use Plastics in NSW
Sign our petition below to call on the NSW Government to ban problematic single-use plastics.
Imagine a living planet, able to thrive without plastic pollution. Together, we can help make this a reality.
For years successive Liberal and Labor Governments have failed to stop plastic pollution. Scientists are now predicting that by 2050, there could be more plastic in our oceans than fish. We urgently need to do more to ensure we are stopping plastic waste from entering our environment, destroying habitats, and killing native wildlife.
The NSW Plastics Plan Next Steps Paper was put out for consultation last year, and disappointingly, no progress has been made on banning the problematic single-use plastics identified in this plan. In August, the NSW Labor Government opposed my bill to ban the release of helium balloons into our environment. Our community wants and deserves better. We cannot let the government continue to kick this issue down the road, we need urgent action to reduce plastic pollution.
We are calling on the NSW Government to ban problematic single-use plastics including:
- Phasing out the supply of single-use plastic food items including cups, food containers, bread tags, plastic fruit stickers, lollipop sticks, and more
- Phasing out thick plastic bags and plastic produce bags
- Phasing out harmful plastic microbeads in cleaning products
- Phasing out polystyrene food trays and loose-fill packaging
- Phasing out harmful chemicals such as PFAS
- Phasing out the release of helium balloons into the environment
- Introducing design standards on a range of products including washing machines (to filter microplastics from clothes), cigarette filters to prevent plastic from being used, and standards requiring plastic beverage bottles to have tethered lids
SIGN OUR PETITION TO BAN SINGLE-USE PLASTICS TODAY
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