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09 Jan 2023, 7:14 pm
09 Jan 2023, 9:12 pm
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This new ban applies specifically to plastic packaging of food and drinks from restaurants and cafes, not in supermarkets and stores. The government plans to address those in a separate scheme that would have manufacturers cover disposal costs starting in 2024.
Action on Plastics Shouldn’t Make Life Suck for Disabled People
by Guest Blogger
July 5, 2018
https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/action-o ... ed-people/
The poverty of plastics bans: Environmentalism’s win is a loss for disabled people
First published online August 16, 2019
Andrew B. Jenks and Kelsey M. Obringer
Volume 40, Issue 1
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/1 ... 8319868362
Not All Policies are Created Equal: Why Plastic Bans are an Injustice to Disabled Populations
by Gabriela Nahm | Jun 24, 2021 | Environment, Justice, Voices
https://turninggreen.org/tg-collective/ ... pulations/
Plastic can be an essential accessibility tool for people with disability. What happens when we ban it?
By Emma Myers
Posted Sat 6 Aug 2022 at 7:00pm, updated Tue 9 Aug 2022 at 2:42am
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-07/ ... /101303934
