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Australian plastics industry told to stop filling up landfill | 7NEWS

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Australia's soft plastics industry is on notice to stop filling up landfill and get serious about recycling. With our nation failing dismally on plastic recycling targets, the Albanese government is now threatening to force manufacturers to act. 7NEWS

 

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Most of us Australians were recycling our free plastic shopping bags as bin liners. But then supermarkets didn't want to give them to us for free because they wanted to increase sales of their actual bin liners.

Supermarkets are full of single use plastics. Go after Coles and Woolies to start acting.

Get rid of plastic. We don't need it!

I carry my reusable bag into woolies just to fill it up with one-way-plastic packaged food. THEY EVEN HAVE PAPER STRAWS INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED IN PLASTIC... WTFF?

Was only about 80 or so years ago where we lived without any plastic. Is it so hard for use to just go back? Start thinking more about quality and longevity again.

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