Information for the community

The ACT Plastic ban started on 1 November 2011.

The ACT Legislative Assembly passed legislation to ban lightweight plastic shopping bags in December 2010. These plastic bags are an environmentally damaging symbol of the disposable society, produced to be used only once and then thrown away. They litter our environment and they stay in our landfill for generations.

We can all help reduce this damage by taking re-usable bags every time we go shopping.
  

Further information

Click here for Frequently Asked Questions.

For further information please call us on 13 22 81 or email environment@act.gov.au