Lightweight single-use plastic bags will be banned in NSW next week with a swathe of other disposable items to follow suit in a bid to stop billions of bits of plastic litter entering the environment over the next 20 years.
Environment Minister James Griffin said the ban which comes into force on June 1, is the first step in a plan to rid the state of many single-use plastic items and packaging which make up 60 per cent of all litter in NSW.
