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Curtin University study highlights barriers to success of WA CDS – Australia
Posted on October 10, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsSource A study titled The Uptake of Container Deposit Schemes: A Case Study in Perth, Western Australia from Curtin University’s Sustainability Policy Institute, has outlined some of the positives and barriers that have come up during their research. Curtin University authors Ciara O’Dwyer,...
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End of line for disposal plastic cups for cold drinks in WA – Australia
Posted on October 6, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsSource The sale or supply of single-use plastic cold beverage cups has been banned from today (1 October) in Western Australia, completing the first stage of the state’s Plan for Plastics. The bans will save 430 million single-use plastics from landfill...
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Consultations open for WA plastics plan – Australia
Posted on September 29, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsSource The Western Australian Government is seeking feedback on the next phase of the state’s single-use plastic bans, with Stage 2 to be introduced from February 2023. Targeted items include non-compostable takeaway coffee cups, expanded polystyrene cups and packaging, produce...
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Wegmans Is Banning Single-Use Plastic Bags in Pa.: Here’s What to Know – USA
Posted on September 14, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulationssource “Completing our transition out of single-use plastic bags across the company is a big celebration as we continue to expand our sustainability efforts and focus on doing what’s right for the environment,” However, the goal isn't to raise money, but...
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Europe/New Zealand leading the way in CDS refund
Posted on September 13, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulations, Plastic RecyclingSource The latest European state to announce adoption of a container deposit/refund scheme is Austria. Commencing in 2024, Austria will launch its scheme with a €0.25 Euro deposit value, equivalent of around A$0.40cents. That’s four times higher than Australia’s current...
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Coffee cups and lids must be banned – Boomerang Alliance – Australia
Posted on September 8, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsSource Plastic, single use coffee cups and lids are a massive litter and waste problem in Australia, and have been for the past 30 years so must be banned, according to a spokesperson from the Boomerang Alliance of 55 environment...
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Regulations need overhaul to get confidence back into market – Australia
Posted on September 7, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulationssource The conversation in terms of state and federal targets being set, and policies articulating the benefits of having a ‘circular economy’, genuinely admirable. However, not a word in any of these conversations is any form of acknowledgement about how...
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PLASTIC WAR WIDENS Gov’t to close lunch box, bag loopholes exploited by importers – Jamaica
Posted on September 5, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsSource The Government is moving to expand its ban on single-use plastic bags and polystyrene foam amid large corporations’ engagement in unethical but legal practices to sidestep restrictions while maintaining profits. “Persons will look at the regulations, unfortunately, and look at...
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Queensland CDS under scrutiny
Posted on August 23, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulationssource ‘’The scheme run by COEX has dismally failed to reach its target of 85 per cent recovery by 30 June 2022. It now stands at 62 per cent. Every container refund not recovered is an impost on consumers, already...
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Plastics producers ask court to quash planned federal ban on single-use straws, cups – Canada
Posted on August 12, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting RegulationsSource CEPA defines a substance as "toxic" if it can have "immediate or long-term harmful effect on the environment or its biological diversity." In its legal filing in the latest case, the coalition argues the government doesn't have real evidence plastics...
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