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New Zealand and two Australian states phase out single-use plastics

New Zealand Ministry for the Environment announces plan to ban many hard-to-recycle and single-use plastic items by mid-2025; includes food packaging made from polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene, and some degradable plastics, plus all drink stirrers, single-use tableware, and fruit labels; Western Australia moves Plan for Plastics ahead 4 years, banning most single-use plasticware by end of 2021; New South Wales to eliminate most single-use plasticware within a year

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Australia to ban exporting recyclable waste

Prime Minister announces goal of banning waste plastic, paper, and glass exports; reviewing options to better handle and reduce waste domestically; bans to be implemented ‘as soon as practicable’

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Australia sets national packaging targets

Targets set to be achieved by 2025; include 100% reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging, 70% recycling or composting rate, 30% average recycled content in packaging, phasing out problematic and unnecessary single-use plastic packaging