"It looks at how to reduce single-use items - such as cups and containers and packaging - and gives the Minister the ability to either pose a levy, or to ban them altogether."It also says the Minister would set reuse and repair targets by sector.
"What we want to look at instead of using things once and throwing them away, this Circular Economy says that we want to design products that we can use them over and over again.Mindy says levies on some items have worked before. "Economic incentives have shown to affect behaviour change; we looked at the plastic bag levy - overnight, people started not using plastic bags.
"That's what we need to do is change the mindset, so that people say 'OK, I'm putting a value on something'. "Either I can bring my own cup, or I can borrow a cup - so this will incentivise industry to adapt new ways of doing business"."What they did in France is they said 20% of supermarkets has to be devoted to reuse and refill, to eliminate a lot of the packaging."We would have liked to have seen a ban of PFAS, which are forever chemicals that are put in some of the compostable packaging."Main image: A Starbucks paper coffee cup is seen in March 2017.
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