Newcastle City Council please ban plastic straws, plastic bags, balloons & single use bottles!

Newcastle could lead the way, banning these items. Well done with the solar farm.

more littering fines too

Considering China will no longer accept Australia’s recyclables, the need for a ban on single use plastic has never been greater. What kind of world do you want today’s young people to inherit? Australia is already primed to expand its Hemp Industry - I would love to see hemp plastic products widely used, which are truly compostable!

The plastics we contaminate our environment with is all too evident upon visiting the magnificent Stockton dunes. I'm extremely saddened and frustrated having collected bagfuls of plastic litter washed up from the ocean in such a beautiful environment. Not only are these plastics causing great harm to and killing our wildlife, they are also entering the food chain. This is something we can, and must change.

Please

There is no place for ANY single use plastics when so many biodegradable alternatives are available. There is no place for plastic in our oceans or on our coastline and it’s time we make the quite overdue action of banning these items.

Does LMCC have the same policy? If not could you liaise with them to do it too?

Please.

Plastic straws kill so many innocent sea animals. There are so many reusable straws. Ban plastics straws and force cafes etc to turn to reusable straws

So much sense in this motion. People can act together, but with support they can act stronger and better united. Time to take out the trash by not making it in the first place

As a young person with friends who go to McDonalds on a regular basis, this against vote is concerning. I hope this petition actually makes a difference.

Let's do this!!!

Please ban single use plastics! They are not sustainable and I know that we can do better. There are so many reusable options out there, and they need to be made more public.

Any thing else I can do to help this cause ?

Its time.

Plastic straws are unnecessary and lethal to the environment. I'm very disappointed.

We need to be a part of the solution, not the problem.

Newcastle City Council lead the way! Show you care about your beautiful beaches and wonderful marine life!

Straws are an unnecessary single-use item. They can’t be recycled and are made using non-renewable resources.