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Sydney businesses will ‘need to adapt’ to single-use plastic ban: City of Sydney councillor
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Image: New state legislation banning single-use plastic use will come into place later this year. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
By SEJA AL ZAIDI
All single-use plastics across NSW will be banned from June this year, forcing many Sydney businesses to change their practices to adhere to the new law.
From June, NSW legislation will prohibit the use of certain single-use plastic items, posing a challenge to hospitality businesses using the products for takeaway services.
Businesses will no longer be able to supply single-use plastic items to customers when they purchase takeaway food. The legislation is part of the broader plan by the NSW government to phase out single-use plastics and reduce the impact these products have on the environment.
The City of Sydney says that the bans “apply to all businesses, organisations and anyone holding an activity for charitable, sporting, education or community purposes in NSW”.
The move is set to impact a variety of hospitality and food businesses, which rely on single-use plastic items like plastic bags, polystyrene containers, and plastic straws to conduct their takeaway and dine-in operations.
Sydney businesses will ‘have to adapt’ to plastic ban: Liberal councillor
City of Sydney Liberal councillor Shauna Jarrett told City Hub that the new legislation was a “great step towards all of us achieving our goals around disposable plastics and recycling”.
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