After more than a year of pressure from the Opposition, Environment Minister Matt Kean took the long-delayed NSW Plastics Action Plan to cabinet on Monday night – which includes an eventual ban on the humble plastic-stick cotton bud.
“These seemingly harmless single-use toiletries are not biodegradable and do not dissolve like toilet paper does. Director of the Boomerang Alliance, which represents 53 environment groups and local government organisations across Australia who are concerned about packaging and waste, Jeff Angel, told the paper clean-up groups were increasingly reporting ugly evidence of plastic pollution and states should accelerate plans to ban the waste.
“It sets the stage for the phase-out of priority single-use plastics, tripling the proportion of plastic recycled by 2030, reducing plastic litter by a quarter and making our state a leader in plastics research and development,” he said.
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Banning straws will do sweet FA. Ban fishing nets.
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