Lollipop sticks, cigarette butts, fruit stickers and bread tags could be redesigned or phased out completely under a push to ramp up NSW’s bid to meet its recycling targets.
The state government is seeking feedback on its next steps to prevent 800,000 tonnes of plastic waste from causing harm to the environment and human health.
Items included for review in the discussion paper include: single-use plastic dinnerware and food containers, heavyweight shopping bags and produce bags. “By 2050 there may be more plastic than fish by weight in the world’s oceans. Plastic has become so widespread that we are constantly eating, drinking and breathing it in,” she said.
WWF-Australia said should the ambitious proposal be adopted, it could see NSW jump towards the top of its plastics scorecard.NSW has now edged ahead of Victoria in fifth place but could jump into second if the policies canvassed in the paper were adopted.
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