CUT THE WRAP

Join the call for strong national packaging laws. Right now, only 16% of Australia's single-use plastic packaging is recovered. Beyond the visible crisis of choked waterways and overflowing landfills, plastic pollution is a growing threat to human health, exposing us to a toxic load of harmful chemicals embedded in everyday packaging.

Momentum is building in Canberra with the introduction of the 'No Time To Waste' Bill, but pushback from sections of the retail, dairy, and meat industries threatens to stall progress. Without urgent regulation, our domestic recycling sector faces collapse and soft plastic collections will cease. We need a mandatory Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme that protects our bodies and our environment by forcing producers to reduce, reuse, and safely recover their packaging.

Join the call for strong national packaging laws. Right now, only 16% of Australia's single-use plastic packaging is recovered. Beyond the visible crisis of choked waterways and overflowing landfills, plastic pollution is a growing threat to human health, exposing us to a toxic load of harmful chemicals embedded in everyday packaging.

Momentum is building in Canberra with the introduction of the 'No Time To Waste' Bill, but pushback from sections of the retail, dairy, and meat industries threatens to stall progress. Without urgent regulation, our domestic recycling sector faces collapse and soft plastic collections will cease. We need a mandatory Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme that protects our bodies and our environment by forcing producers to reduce, reuse, and safely recover their packaging.

Urgent: Stop Packaging Waste, Hold Producers Accountable

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With 85% of Australians concerned about plastic pollution (YouGov Poll 2024), we need real packaging solutions that lower household costs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and protect human and environmental health. This means eliminating unnecessary single-use packaging, accelerating the transition to reusables and closing the loop to ensure all packaging is recovered in practice and at scale.

As an MP, will you commit to fixing Australia’s packaging waste and plastic pollution crisis?

I am writing to urge the new Federal Government to take immediate action on Australia’s growing packaging waste crisis by introducing strong, enforceable laws that hold producers accountable for the waste they create. For too long, voluntary industry schemes have failed, and as a result, plastic recovery rates are now lower than reported in 1999. This is unacceptable.

I call on you and the government to:

1. Introduce an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Scheme for Packaging by 2026, requiring producers to fully fund the collection and recovery of their packaging, with mandatory reduction and reuse targets. 
2. Fast-track a national soft plastics collection service, ensuring producers cover the cost of recycling the 150,000 tonnes of soft plastics currently being stockpiled or landfilled.
3. Phase out unnecessary and problematic packaging, while mandating reusable packaging systems to reduce waste at the source - no more delays or loopholes. 
4. Introduce new rules requiring all major stadiums and public events to eliminate single use packaging by switching to reusable cups and containers.
5. Make a personal commitment to ditch single-use cups and takeaway containers by switching to reuse.

It’s time for bold action to stop plastic pollution at the source.

Without urgent intervention, plastic waste will continue to pollute our environment and increase costs for local councils and households. Australians should not be left to cover the financial and environmental burden of corporate waste.

The solutions exist, and many other countries have already implemented them. It’s time for the Federal Government to act. I urge you to support these reforms and ensure Australia moves towards a circular, waste-free future.

I look forward to your commitment to this issue.

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