Single use plastics ban

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The sale and supply of single-use plastic items was banned in Victoria in February 2023. These items include:

  • Drinking straws.
  • Cutlery (including knives, forks, spoons, chopsticks, sporks, splades, food picks).
  • Plates.
  • Drink-stirrers and sticks.
  • Expanded polystyrene food service items and drink containers, including expanded polystyrene plates, cups, bowls, clam shells and any cover or lid that is also made from expanded polystyrene.
  • Cotton bud sticks.

The ban includes plastic items made from conventional, degradable and compostable materials, including bioplastics.

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