2017-01-16 GC - Attachment 1 to Item 8 - Plastic Bag Discussion Paper

                                                     National action
                                                     »» Qld Waste Strategy 2014–
                                                        2024 identifies single-use
                                                        plastic packaging as a
                                                        priority.

                                                     International action
         National action
                                                     »» European Union Plastic Bag
         »» Tasmania bans single-                       Directive passed to reduce
            use plastic bags.                           plastic bag use by 50% by                 National action
                                                        2017 and 80% by 2019.                     »» Queensland and
                                                     »» California bans single-use                   New South Wales
                                                        bags and mandates charge                     co-host a Plastic
                           2012                         for reusable bags.                           Bag Roundtable in
                                                                                                     February.
                                                                                                  »» Queensland, New
                                                                                                     South Wales, Western
                                                                                                     Australia and Victoria
                                                     2014                                            form a working group
National action                                                                                      to develop an east
                                                                                                     coast solution for
»» South Australia bans                                                                              plastic bags.
   single-use plastic bags.




2009
                                                                                                                  2016




                              2011

                              National action
                              »» Northern Territory bans single-use
                                 plastic bags.

                              International action                                   2015
                              »» Wales introduces a charge for all single-
                                 use carry bags, achieving a 70–97%
                                 reduction in nine months.
                              »» At least 25% of the world’s population              National action
                                 now lives in areas with bans or fees on             »» Queensland Government
2010                             plastic bags.                                          holds plastic bag
                                                                                        stakeholder workshop.

                                                                                     International action
                                                                                     »» England imposes a charge
National action                                                                         on plastic bags.
»» ACT bans single-use plastic bags.



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