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Review signals need for stronger laws to break Australia’s plastic addiction

The much-awaited review of Australia’s 2025 National Packaging Targets is a wake-up call that signals the urgent need for stronger laws to break our national...

20 April 2023

Turtle hatchling survives flood disaster & eating plastic

Pretzel, the green turtle hatchling, has already survived a flood disaster and potentially fatal plastic consumption … and that’s just in its first few weeks...

15 March 2022

Support for treaty brings us closer to a world without plastic pollution

A pledge by nations including Australia to establish a global treaty to end plastic pollution is a huge milestone, according to the World Wide Fund for...

3 March 2022

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Nearly nine in 10 Australians support a global plastic pollution treaty but will governments deliver?

Nearly nine in 10 Australians support a global treaty to combat plastic pollution and almost 80% think single-use plastics should be banned as soon as...

22 February 2022

Australia’s strengthened support for a global plastics treaty is a breakthrough

Australia’s support for a binding global agreement to address marine plastic pollution is a breakthrough, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia.

13 September 2021

New report shows Australia can halve its plastic pollution

Phasing out cigarette filters, microbeads and most types of disposable plastic foodware and containers would help halve the amount of plastic pollution flowing...

17 August 2020

Cody Simpson urges Aussies to ditch plastic with new WWF-Australia ambassadorship

He’s best known for his music, but now Cody Simpson is helping to protect our oceans from plastics. To launch Plastic Free July, today WWF-Australia has...

2 July 2020

Scientists name new deep-sea species Eurythenes plasticus to highlight pollution

Scientists who discovered a new marine animal, in one of the deepest places on Earth, were so concerned at finding plastic in its stomach they named it...

5 March 2020

WWF welcomes Queensland plan to ban single-use plastics and calls for other states to take action

The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia has welcomed a proposal to ban single-use plastic items in Queensland and is calling for national action on single-use...

7 November 2019

Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) with a plastic bag, Moore Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The bag was removed by the photographer before the turtle had a chance to eat it.

WWF plastics scorecard: NSW & Victoria “not fantastic on plastic”

Australia’s two most populous states – New South Wales and Victoria – are at the bottom of Australia’s first single-use plastics scorecard, with South...

9 October 2019

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WWF welcomes passing of Reef regs

WWF-Australia welcomed today’s passing of laws through the Queensland Parliament that strengthen protection for the Great Barrier Reef by regulating minimum...

19 September 2019

Fish and coral in the Great Barrier Reef= Australia

WWF: regs critical to Reef’s survival

The World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia said regulations to reduce polluted run-off, being debated in the Queensland Parliament today, were crucial to turn...

17 September 2019