Environment Minister Sussan Ley will launch the National Plastics Plan in Brisbane today.
The plan is a part of COAG’s 2019 National Waste Strategy, which recommends Australia divert 80 per cent of waste from landfill by 2030, and will attack the issue of plastic waste.
The Queensland government will pass new legislation this month to ban disposable plastic straws, plates and cutlery.
The minister said, “This is the first national strategy, one that attacks the issue from all sides and which sets clear targets over the next decade.”