petition<\/a> and a letter signed by Jane Goodall, Helen Clark and Sam Neill, plus a number of retailers, and commitments to ditch single-use plastic bags by the two biggest supermarkets,” says Oceans Campaigner Emily Hunter.<\/p>\n“The fairest and most effective way of tackling one of the leading plastic pollutants in our oceans is national regulatory ban that all retailers must adhere to. A comprehensive ban would include eliminating false solutions like biodegradable and compostable bags and heavier weight plastic bags in the definition of the ban,” says Hunter.<\/p>\n
Greenpeace has submitted to Government that a comprehensive ban would forbid retailers from selling or giving away plastic bags that were not designed for at least 125 uses, which encourages a shift from throwaway bags to reusable bags. The organisation calls on the Associate Minister to adopt this definition in the forthcoming regulation.<\/p>\n
Hunter points out that the cloth reusable bags that Countdown, New World, Bunnings and Mitre 10 are already selling fit the definition of a robust reusable bag that is good for 125 uses and offers the best solution to current single-use plastic bags.<\/p>\n
However Greenpeace warns a plastic bag ban alone will not solve the problem and calls on the Government to enact a plastic pollution strategy, that starts with a comprehensive ban on plastic bags and moves into eliminating other avoidable single-use plastics, like straws, cutlery and stir sticks, and then set up nationwide container deposit scheme to ensure better collection with drink bottles.<\/p>\n
International governments, including the EU Commission have announced new legislation and draft proposals to tackling the scourge of single-use plastics, including bans and reductions of avoidable single-use plastic, container deposit scheme and labelling products that contain plastic.<\/p>\n
“Given the urgency and scale of the problem, there\u2019s an opportunity for New Zealand to become a world leader on the plastic crisis. But the first step is getting the plastic bag ban right so we can set a pathway for leading change on this issue in the future,” says Hunter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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