Zali Steggall MP calls for action on plastic pollution
26 August 2025
Question Time
The call to the Honourable Member for Warringah.
To the Environment Minister. Australian plastic use has doubled since 2005 and Australians are one of the world's largest users of single use plastic. Without intervention this figure will continue to rise. With only 14% of this waste recycled, the majority of it is sent to landfill or ends up in our oceans, rivers and waterways. Plastic pollution harms the environment, human health, exposure to chemicals impacts everyone. With the negotiations on the Global Plastic Treaty not funding consensus will the government update our national Plastics Plan as recommended by the Drowning in Waste Report?
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