With just over a week until NSW bans more single-use plastics, Minister for Environment James Griffin MP has joined dozens of citizen science scuba divers and snorkelers in a community effort to clean up Sydney Harbour and highlight exactly why the bans are needed.
After donning a wetsuit and snorkeling gear to collect plastic litter from Sydney Harbour, Minister for Environment James Griffin said the ban on single-use plastics is just the beginning of a massive shift away from single-use plastics in NSW.
“In June, we banned lightweight single-use plastic bags and from 1 November, we’re banning some of the most commonly littered single-use plastic items, including cutlery, plates, bowls, straws, and polystyrene food ware,” Mr Griffin said.
From 1 November, the NSW Government is banning single-use items including:
🔘 plastic straws, stirrers, cutlery, chopsticks, plates, bowls and cotton buds
🔘 food ware and cups made from expanded polystyrene
🔘 rinse-off personal care products containing plastic microbeads
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Diving against debris ahead of plastic ban
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