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Queensland is the latest state to join the charge in limiting plastic bag usage.

From July 1 next year, Queenslanders won't be able to use plastic bags after state laws were passed overnight. Retailers who do hand them out after this time can be fined up to $3,000.

Steven Miles, QLD's Environment Minister, said that school children were some of the state's biggest advocates.

"I get letters every day from school kids around the state," Miles said. "An estimated 2.4 billion beverage containers and 1 billion lightweight plastic shopping bags are used in Queensland every year... these are ending up in our waterways and killing and maiming our native animals."

Miles explained that by passing the bill, the government is telling the Queensland youth that the environment is valued.

"We say that we want our parks, our waterways, Moreton Bay and the Great Barrier Reef to be litter free," Miles said.

Queensland is also introducing a container refund scheme that will see people given an amount of money (10 cents) for returning used containers.

South Australia banned plastic bags in supermarkets in 2009 while ACT, Northern Territory and Tasmania banned them in 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively. Supermarkets in New South Wales such as Harris Farm, Coles and Woolworths have all committed to banning plastic bags from their stores by 2018 but there has yet to be a commitment by the state government.

Meanwhile in Perth, a Council review of how a plastic bag ban would affect shoppers was undertaken in June and looks likely to signal the end of the bag in the city. Victoria wants a national ban but also hasn't ruled out doing it themselves if that doesn't happen soon.

It's looking like plastic bags will soon become extinct (with any luck and political backing).

In the states and territories that have already banned the bag, a more durable bag or the multi-use "green" bag has replaced the single-use plastic bags.
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From July 1 next year, Queenslanders won't be able to use plastic bags after state laws were passed overnight. Retailers who do hand them out after this time can be fined up to $3,000. Steven Miles, QLD's Environment Minister, said that school children were some of the state's biggest advocates.

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A key committee of the San Diego City Council came out today in strong support for a ban of plastic bags. The Rules and Economic Development Committee took a unanimous vote in directing staff to construct an ordinance that would ban plastic bags at city grocery stores and other retail sites within the city.

The proposal at this stage of its process would ban plastic bags in supermarkets, and other retail sites that include large stores that sell food, drug stores, convenience, hardware and clothing stores. It also has a requirement that stores charge 10 cents a paper bag, but exempting restaurants, nonprofits, food stamp recipients, and produce and meat products.

Another element of the initiative requires the city to provide for distribution of reusable bags as well as public education. Staff was directed to return on October 23rd with a progress report. The committee is also asking the mayor's office to conduct outreach efforts with environmental groups and businesses that would be affected by an ordinance, and for the City Attorney's Office to draft a law.

If the City ultimately passes this measure, it will join Solana Beach and 80 other cities in California, including Los Angeles and Hollywood. Encinitas is also putting together a similar proposal.

Committee Chairwoman Sherri Lightner told the media:

"San Diego is poised to become one of the largest cities to take such a positive step towards bettering our environment. This is about protecting our ocean, our canyons, our waterways and landfills."

Lightner also said:
"They have a cost associated with dealing with these plastic bags at the landfill. And then there's the cost of the bags in the storm water system, on the streets, roads and in our parks."
Another supporter of the ban is Interim Mayor Todd Gloria, who stated:
"Plastic bags cause environmental damage that can be avoided with the ordinance being considered. Our neighborhoods, our beaches, our waterways, our landfills and our overall environment will benefit from fewer plastic bags. I will work with city staff to develop an effective ordinance."
San Diego Councilman and mayoral candidate David Alvarez is definitely on board, he told the media:

"That's a big part of this campaign ... is to let them know the harm that it causes the environment and how easy it is to get your own bag and reuse it every time and it's part of changing the culture."

An unlikely ally is the California Grocers Association. Their representative Sarah Paulson Sheehy stated that her organization was "comfortable" with a ban on the bags, but they wanted the law to include all retailers and wanted it to be similar with the bans in other cities. Sheehy claimed that in cities where bans were in effect, more than 90% of customers were bringing in reusable bags within 6 months of the law going into force.

For years, environmentalists have been organizing to get the ubiquitous white bags out of our environment as plastic bags are found throughout the state, on beaches, watersheds and oceans, where some marine mammals and birds try to consume them.

Surfrider Foundation has been working on the issues for years. Surfrider volunteers collected thousands of signatures and delivered them to the City Council.

The City of San Diego just spent $160,000 in the most recent fiscal year picking up the bags, including those that hang out in the Miramar Landfill area, according to the Environmental Service Department.

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Serbia will completely ban the use of thin plastic bags and introduce a mandatory payment for biodegradable bags, the Ministry of Environmental Protection has announced.

As stated by Politika, the Ministry is going to implement all the measures of the European Directive on plastics, adopted in February this year, although Serbia is not the member of the EU.

The maximum annual consumption of plastic bags will be limited to 90 per person by the end of 2019, according to the Directive.

The Ministry says it has ongoing communication with large retail chains in Serbia, as well as non-governmental sector, all in mutual attempts to influence the environmental awareness of citizens regarding this issue.

According to the unofficial estimates, Politika writes, some EUR 20 million are spent every year for plastic bag purchase in Serbia. Cost of one plastic bag averages 1 dinar (EUR 0.008). Citizens spend usually seven bags a day, i.e. 2.555 per year.

Between 30 and 40 percent of these bags end up in garbage, which significantly affects environment.

A few days ago, Delhaize Serbia started a campaign in its 170 Shop & Go shops across Serbia, selling plastic bags 2 dinars each. The goal of this campaign is to reduce the use of plastic bags and thereby protecting the environment.

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MEDIA RELEASE:
The Packaging Forum welcomes the Government's proposal to ban all single use plastic, biodegradable and compostable bags to set a level playing field for the retail industry and to take an estimated 800 million bags out of circulation.

Lyn Mayes, Manager Soft Plastics Recycling Scheme said:

"Based on a recent audit around 10% of the number of bags which we collect are single use shopping carrier bags. These bags are not just from supermarkets but a wide range of retail chains as well as dairies. We have also noticed an increase in degradable and compostable bags which are a contaminant in our recycling stream.

"The soft plastic recycling scheme has a target of a 35% recovery rate by 2025. We anticipate a recovery rate of 11% this year and that lower plastic consumption and higher recovery through greater consumer awareness will make a significant difference next year.

"Our primary goal is always to reduce the amount of plastic packaging consumed. In terms of recovery, volumes have increased month on month as people have become familiar with the range of packaging we take. We now collect around 3 million bags every week. In 2017 shoppers dropped off 365 tonnes of soft plastic for recycling and we already achieved that by July this year.

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Mayes says that the ban will have a positive impact on the scheme:

"Single use carrier bags represent around 50% by weight of the soft plastic packaging consumption but 12% by weight of what New Zealanders are putting in our collection bins. We anticipate that as these bags become obsolete, we'll see a proportional increase in soft plastic packaging such as bread bags, sanitary hygiene packaging; frozen food bags and other branded packaging."

Mayes says the Packaging Forum supports the inclusion of compostable and degradable plastics in the proposal:

"The shift to products which are described as degradable, biodegradable and/or compostable has increased as companies seek alternatives to plastic. New Zealand does not yet have a standard for compostable packaging nor does the current infrastructure take most of these products in the volumes presented which means they will mostly end up in a landfill.

"To this end, The Packaging Forum has established an independent technical working group (Compostable Packaging Standard Adoption Working Group (CPSA-WG)) comprising composters, manufacturers, waste industry, central and local government and research institutions to assess existing international standards and to recommend a NZ standard."

To have your say visit the Ministry for the Environment website.

For more information visit The Packaging Forum website.

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