An economic study of Noosa’s Plastic Free Places program found cafés paid about A$6,847 a year more for non-plastic items, while the community gained…
Adelaide Zoo’s café swapped plastic milk bottles for reusable kegs and taps. It avoided more than 4,000 bottles in four months, but needed an…
A peer-reviewed study from Western Health in Melbourne found reusable anaesthetic equipment would cost A$32,033 a year less than single-use for a six-theatre hospital,…
South Australia’s electricity distributor replaced bins and plastic-wrapped pallets with reusable lidded tubs for moving items between depots.
Butterbox Café at Long Reef lends mugs instead of handing out takeaway cups and lids, and estimates it saves about A$25 a week.
When customers switched to reusable cups, one Sydney café saved about A$140 a week on packaging. The café is Morning Glory in Coogee, and…
The Northern Territory has banned lightweight plastic shopping bags since 1 September 2011 but, as at September 2026, has not legislated the single-use plastics…
Tasmania has banned lightweight plastic shopping bags since 1 November 2013 but, as at September 2026, has no state-wide ban on other single-use plastics;…
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) banned plastic cutlery, stirrers and polystyrene foam food containers from 1 July 2021, adding straws, cotton buds and oxo-degradable…
Queensland banned straws, cutlery, plates, stirrers and polystyrene foam food ware from 1 September 2021, adding cotton buds, microbeads, heavyweight bags and balloon releases…
