WA outlines plan to phase out single-use plastics by 2026

WA outlines plan to phase out single-use plastics by 2026

Western Australia will start banning single-use plastics within three years. The WA government will ban plastic plates, cutlery, stirrers, polystyrene food containers, thick plastic bags, and the release of helium balloons by 2023. Other single-use plastic items like produce bags, microbeads and cotton buds will be phased out by 2026. …