Help us encourage politicians to beat plastic pollution and phase out the 10 worst single-use plastics in your state or territory!

Our country’s beautiful beaches and picturesque coastlines are threatened by an increasingly urgent waste crisis that we need to address now.

From single-use coffee cups to takeaway containers, we’ve all had to use a little more plastic over the last few months to keep us safe during the global health crisis. But as restrictions start to ease and we get back to a little normality, we all need to relook at our consumption habits and ways we can break free from unnecessary plastic use in a safe way.



On average, Australians use 130 kg of plastic per person each year. Only 9% of that's recycled. More frightening still, up to 130,000 tonnes of plastic will find its way into our waterways and into the ocean.

Once in the ocean, it endangers our marine wildlife. Studies have also shown that it has begun to enter the food chain and end up on our plates.

Plastic is an incredibly versatile material, made to be strong and durable. Unfortunately, most plastics are made to be used once before being discarded.

They’re convenient for a few minutes, but often end up in landfills, by the sides of roads, as litter in parks and floating in our oceans for hundreds of years before breaking down into microplastics.

The truth is, plastic is everywhere and it doesn’t disappear.

But together, we can fix this urgent waste crisis now.