Plastic Bags

Currently, Australia is in the middle of banning lightweight plastic bags from it’s states. Perhaps it’s time to rethink your packaging strategy. Lightweight plastic bags have been banned in most Australian states. Since 1977, singlet plastic bags with handles, 35 microns or less in thickness, made of high density or low density plastic, were offered by supermarkets, the type that sometimes breaks halfway to your car! Businesses are prohibited from providing them directly to customers as carry packaging for bought goods. In 2011, the Australian Capital Territory was the first state to ban this kind of bag. Northern Territory, South Australia and Tasmania came next and recently Western Australia and Queensland banned them also. Victoria has announced its intention to ban and NSW will likely follow suit. That’s a list of every state in the country! We should be aware of the harmful effe