Recycling: Senate inquiry recommends all single-use plastics be banned

A national container deposit scheme should be established in response to the recycling crisis, the report saysA Senate inquiry into Australia's recycling crisis has recommended that all single-use plastics - which could potentially include takeaway containers, chip packets and coffee cups with plastic linings - be banned by 2023. The wide-ranging report also recommends the establishment of a national container deposit scheme as a response to an unfolding crisis in Australian recycling that forced some councils to tip their recycling into landfill. Continue reading...