NSW bans single-use plastic bags

The New South Wales government banned single use plastic bags at the beginning of June, estimating 2.7 billion plastic bags will stop circulating across the state.

NSW is the last state banning single use plastic bags. But how effective will this ban be environmentally speaking? And what alternatives do residents in the state have?

Produced By: Annie Lee

Featured In Story: Peter Davies – Associate Professor of Environmental Planning and Policy at Macquarie University

First aired on The Wire, Thursday 9 June 2022