The Greens are concerned the Liberals’ commitment to industry to review trade waste regulations will result in weakened environment protections at the behest of big business.
Tasmania's Auditor-General has tabled a scathing report, finding Tasmania's management of landfills as inadequate, increasing risks to the Tasmanian community and environment.
With announcements from NSW and SA that their container deposit schemes are expanding to include larger bottles like wine and spirits, it’s time for Tasmania to follow suit.
South Australia’s soy sauce fish container ban has taken effect.
The Derwent Valley community has for years raised concerns about the dumping of waste as a commercial activity near the Plenty River. Their concerns were proven right when, in 2020, a waste spill caused the death of thousands of fish.
Honourable Speaker, I rise tonight to talk about the good ship Heart. Heart is the central character in Project Interrupt. She is a ship made completely out of plastic. Not just any plastic, Heart was made over two years from marine debris recovered from Tasmania's coastline: pipes, ropes, buoys, bags, mesh, foam and more.
I rise to draw attention to actions being taken in Bass to reduce landfill and to help people live more sustainably and in ways that care for the earth.
Environment Minister Roger Jaensch needs to step in to ensure the big corporations producing industrial waste are brought under control
The Greens will be bringing our Single-use Plastics Bill on for debate next week in Parliament. We can’t keep waiting for the Liberals to act.
Today the Greens tabled the Waste and Resource Recovery Amendment (Single-Use Plastics) Bill 2022.
