England banned plastic plates, cutlery, balloon sticks and polystyrene foam cups and containers from October 2023, following straws, stirrers and cotton buds in 2020…
Spain charges EUR 0.45 per kilogram of non-recycled plastic in non-reusable packaging, in force since 1 January 2023.
Italy’s EUR 450 per tonne tax on single-use manufactured plastic items has been postponed repeatedly and is now due on 1 January 2027.
Since 2021 each EU member state pays EUR 0.80 per kilogram of non-recycled plastic packaging waste into the EU budget, passed on through national…
South Australia was the first Australian state to ban single-use plastics, from 1 March 2021, and has since extended the list in annual tranches…
Victoria banned straws, cutlery, plates, stirrers, cotton buds and polystyrene foam food containers from 1 February 2023 and ended the exemption for items integrated…
Western Australia (WA) has banned bags, straws, cutlery, plates, polystyrene foam containers and cups in stages since 1 July 2022, with produce bags from…
New South Wales (NSW) banned lightweight bags on 1 June 2022 and straws, cutlery, plates, stirrers, cotton buds, polystyrene foam food ware and microbeads…
Queensland banned straws, cutlery, plates, stirrers and polystyrene foam food ware from 1 September 2021, adding cotton buds, microbeads, heavyweight bags and balloon releases…
Australia’s packaging scheme, where government sets the rules and industry runs it, and the ANZPAC Plastics Pact set 2025 targets for reusable, recyclable or…
