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Man takes Coles to court for refusing to use his grocery bag

Clean and lavender-smelling or dirty and wrinkled? A Sydney man takes Coles to court for refusing to use his grocery bags.

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22nd Feb. 2020 3:02 PM

Single-use plastic bag ban gets voted down

The Berejiklian government has rejected Labor’s bill to ban single-use plastic bags.

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17th Oct. 2019 11:10 AM

NSW the only state yet to ban plastic bags

MEMBER for Lismore supports Labor's proposed plan to ban plastic bags.

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11th Oct. 2019 9:10 AM

BAN PLASTIC: Kate Washington MP and Janelle Saffin MP met with Esabel Henry, Louise Somerville and Jenni Law from Lismore Boomerang Bags.

Staggering reduction in bags one year on from plastic ban

Leeanne Enoch said supermarkets, such as the IGA at Springfield, had played a big role in the success of the plastic bag...

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01st July 2019 5:07 PM

Environment Minister Leeanne Enoch, IGA Springfield store owner Terry Slaughter and Member for Jordan Charis Mullen celebrate one year since the plastic bag ban.

Stunning impact of plastic bag ban

THE ban faced criticism at the time, but one year on Coles and Woolworths reveal the massive impact it has had as consumers...

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20th June 2019 1:06 PM

Plan to kill off plastic bags for good

In just two years, Australia could be completely single-use plastic free if the Labor Party’s ban comes into play.

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31st March 2019 12:03 PM

Single-use plastic bags and microbeads — commonly found in beauty and cleaning products — will be banned across Australia from 2021 under a Labor plan to cut waste. Currently supermarkets have introduced a ban, which initially caused uproar. Picture: AAP Image/Peter RAE

Recycling savings should be passed on to residents

Waste campaigner Chad Buxton calls for better recycling incentives

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18th Feb. 2019 10:02 AM

Waste campaigner Chad Buxton calls for better recycling incentives

A LOOK BACK: The most chaotic three months in history

Between April and June there was a bomb plot, recycling scrapped and mayor charged.

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01st Jan. 2019 9:01 AM

Ipswich businessman Jack Carew spent three years working on live export ships between the Middle East, Russia and China.

Time to throw out our waste problems

Bags, straws and coffee cups seem to be the worst environmental offenders. But it doesn't feel like anyone's listening...

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05th Dec. 2018 8:12 AM

We have a long way to go to reduce our waste, Ashley Carter writes.

Supermarkets urged to ban reusable plastic bags

SUPERMARKETS are under pressure to dump reusable plastic bags which environmentalists claim are ending up in landfill or...

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