Single-use and Other Plastic Products (Waste Avoidance) Act 2020

The objects of this Act include to— (a) provide for the restriction or prohibition of certain single-use and other plastic products; and (b) promote and support better waste management practices including the reduction of marine litter; and (c) promote and support the principles of the waste management hierarchy; and (d) promote and support the principles of the circular economy. This Act does not apply to a container that is the subject of a beverage container approval under the Environment Protection Act 1993
Part 2 concerns prohibited plastic products and rules that person must not sell, supply or distribute prohibited plastic products in course of carrying on a business, and must not represent that product is not a prohibited plastic product. These are (a) a single-use plastic drinking straw; (b) single-use plastic cutlery; (c) a single-use plastic beverage stirrer; (d) an expanded polystyrene cup; (e) an expanded polystyrene bowl; (f) an expanded polystyrene plate; (g) an expanded polystyrene clamshell container; h) a product, or product of a class, brought within the ambit of this definition by the regulations.
Part 3 regulates oxo-degradable plastic products and establishes that person must not manufacture or produce, sell, supply or distribute oxo-degradable plastic products, must provide evidence when require and must not represent that product is not a oxo-degradable plastic products.
Part 4 contains miscellaneous provisions, such as Minister reporting requirements, interaction of the Act with Environment Protection Act, Review process, among others.