The Morrison Government is taking its investment in product stewardship to close to $15 million and will now see a million sports shoes a year diverted from landfill, 200 tonnes of golf clubs recycled as well as industrial tyres and commercial furniture.

The Morrison Government is taking the fight against plastic waste to a new level, from plastic free beaches, to ending the confusion over household collection systems, declaring war on cigarette butts and putting an end to polystyrene consumer packaging.

Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley visited McDonald’s in Manuka today to see the last handful of plastic straws left in the company’s once giant stockpile officially phased out

Having already set in train a billion-dollar transformation of Australia’s Recycling industry to tackle plastics, paper, glass and tyres, the Morrison Government is setting its sights on the 800,000 tonnes of clothing and textiles discarded by Australians

The Morrison and McGowan Governments have announced $70 million in joint funding that will drive a more than $174 million recycling boom in Western Australia.