Media Release: Broken plastics promise leaves councils and ratepayers carrying the cost
The Federal Government’s decision to abandon its commitment to mandatory national packaging standards will leave councils, communities and ratepayers carrying an even greater share of Australia’s growing waste and recycling burden. Australian Local Government Association President Mayor Matt Burnett said councils were disappointed with that the Federal Government had shelved a 2023 promise to implement national packaging standards aimed at curbing plastic waste, after sustained calls for nationally consistent, regulated packaging reform to shift responsibility for waste from communities back to the companies producing it. In recent months ALGA has advocated for a mandatory national scheme that would require companies that use packaging to use...
