NSW Plastics: The Way Forward
Join the meeting here15 September 2024
NSW EPA has released its draft paper "NSW Plastics: The Way Forward" for feedback
The EPA has released its draft paper “NSW Plastics: The Way Forward“ for consultation. Feedback is open until Monday 4th November 2024.
This outlines a comprehensive list of actions to redesign, restrict or phase out additional single use plastic items. The paper outlines many proposals to reduce the environmental impacts of single use plastics, including phasing out problematic and unnecessary items such as plastic lolly pop sticks and bread tags; restrictions on the supply of heavy weight (boutique-style) plastic shopping bags; and requirements for many other items to be designed for recycling and recovered.
Circular Plastics Illawarra is referenced in the draft paper on page 32, in the section on heavyweight plastic shopping bags. This was from Circular Plastics Illawarra's submission of 4th February 2024 to "NSW Plastics: Next Steps" paper released on October 2023.
Helen Lewis from Circular Plastics Illawarra was interviewed about the contents of the EPA NSW draft paper as well as soft plastics recycling on ABC Illawarra's Breakfast show with Melinda James on Monday 9th September 2024. The interview starts at 2:22 and runs for about 4 mins 10 secs.
What you can do:
Read the consultation paper and make a submission by answering their survey: https://yoursay.epa.nsw.gov.au/nsw-plastics-way-forward
Help with Circular Plastics Illawarra’s submission by adding your comments or making changes to the draft in Google Drive: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yf1YZOcUIEFMcwyjq3dYTpF5JC0mWrFS/edit
Submissions close on 4 November.