Thursday, 18 August 2022

Western Metropolitan Region

Dr CUMMING (Western Metropolitan) (12:46): (1934) My question is to the Minister for Environment and Climate Action in the other place, and it is from Greg in Maribyrnong. When will this government recycle single-use plastic bottles? Greg walks around Maribyrnong and the Footscray area and sees a large number of these bottles that end up in our rivers and in our parks. He believes that Victoria and Tasmania are the only states that do not recycle these items. The government has issued a ban on single-use plastics from 2023 but has not stated if these bottles are on the banned list. While the container deposit scheme is also due to start next year, it is unclear if these bottles will be part of the scheme. Greg lives in Maribyrnong, but this affects the whole of Victoria. We need to have a clear list of what is going to be put into this container deposit scheme.

Sitting suspended 12.47 pm until 2.04 pm.