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Forcing cafes and fast-food restaurants to accept reusable cups, banning helium balloons and phasing out other problematic single-use plastics have been floated for Australia’s most populous state. The NSW Government has released an action plan to plot the state’s path to cutting plastic litter by 30 per cent by 2025. Only 14 per cent of 891,000 tonnes of plastic waste NSW generated in 2022/23 was recycled. That plastic waste figure translates to a staggering 110kg per person.
Environment Minister Penny Sharpe said unless drastic action was taken, there would be more plastic in the ocean than fish by 2050. “We all want a healthier environment for humans and animals, with fewer problematic plastics,” she said.
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