A mere 24 hours after announcing that it would continue to 0ffer free plastic bags to customers indefinitely, Coles has backflipped on this providing a cut-off date for the complimentary bags. According to News.com.au, Coles chief executive officer John Durkan sent an email to his 115,000 staff saying the free bag offer would […]
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Businesses in QLD, VIC, WA are prepping for the statewide plastic bag ban that will come into effect from July 1st, 2018.
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Plastic straws, drink stirrers and cotton buds are on their way to being banned in the United Kingdom by Prime Minister Theresa May. However no such ban has been promised in Australia. In a bid to stop pollution, Ms May has laid out plans to band single-use plastics. Mr Turnbull was visiting London for the Commonwealth
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From July 2018, West Australian retailers will be banned from offering shoppers single-use plastic bags.
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The Queensland Government has set up a website to support its state-wide plastic bag ban that will be put into place from the 1st of July 2018.
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Moves by major supermarkets to stop providing free plastic bags could earn these businesses more than A$1 million a year, but may only have a small impact on the environment.
IGA has announced that it will ban single-use plastic bags across the next twelve months.
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Last week Woolworths announced it would implement a ban on single-use plastic bags throughout its Australian stores within the next year.
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The banning of single-use plastic bags hailed as an encouraging step for Queensland to cut plastic pollution.
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