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Next step of the single-use plastics ban: What you need to know (www.rnz.co.nz)
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Here are the changes as of 1 July:

  • The manufacture, sale or distribution of single-use plastic produce bags, plates, bowls, and cutlery will be banned.
  • Single-use plastic straws will be restricted. Some businesses or organisations will still be able to provide them to disabled people and those with health needs.
  • A transition to compostable plastic produce labels by 2025 will begin.

More info at the Ministry for the Environment: https://environment.govt.nz/what-you-can-do/campaigns/bans-on-single-use-and-hard-to-recycle-plastic-items/

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The supermarket I work at took away the produce bags a couple of weeks ago and so many people were utterly unprepared for it. Last week the bags had returned.

[–] eagleeyedtiger 3 points 1 year ago

Uh oh, I better let my partner know, she likes keeping those bags because we use them as bin liners

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Not having a replacement option available there seems very foolish, paper bags are still a thing.