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Plastic Recycling February 08, 2018 03:30:05 PM

Regions with Plastic Bag Bans Produced Much Lesser Volume of Litter

Paul Ploumis
ScrapMonster Author
The survey conducted across 983 national sites shows that overall litter levels reduced by nearly 4.3% over the previous year.

Regions with Plastic Bag Bans Produced Much Lesser Volume of Litter

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): The most recent survey report published by the national organization Keep Australia Beautiful (KAB) indicates that places with ban in place for plastic bags have reported less volume of rubbish.

According to the report, the litter count of plastic bags in all the four places in Australia where use of plastic bags is banned by regulation, has reported significant reduction. South Australia, the Northern Territory, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and Tasmania recorded comparatively low litter rates when compared with other places which do not have a ban in place. The survey report highlights the fact that plastic bag litter has reported drastic reduction in Tasmania and ACT, immediately after the bans came into effect.

The survey conducted across 983 national sites shows that overall litter levels reduced by nearly 4.3% over the previous year. Plastic bags constituted almost 1% of the total litter. Category wise, other glass comprising of broken pieces of bottles, mirrors etc., recorded 13.8% reduction. Cigarette butts too recorded 10% decline year-on-year. However, much of the above reductions were offset by 15.9% increase of litter at beach sites and 7.7% increase of litter in recreational parks.

As per estimates, Australia consumes nearly 6 billion single-use bags every year. Out of this nearly 50 million end up in environment, causing serious harm and threat to human and marine life. Realizing the negative impacts of single-use plastic bags, the states of Western Australia and Queensland have already decided to ban their use starting July this year. The state of Victoria is also set to introduce a single-use plastic bag ban this year. Following this, New South Wales will remain as the only Australian state without a ban on plastic bags. Incidentally, a survey carried out in Western Australia had revealed overwhelming support for a state-wide ban, with 84% of the respondents favoring it.

 

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