Hobart First to Ban Single-Use Plastics

Hobart First to Ban Single-Use Plastics
Hobart has become the first capital city in the nation to ban single-use plastics, including takeaway food containers and straws. Sagar Chaudhray/Unsplash
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Hobart has become the first capital city in the nation to ban single-use plastics, including takeaway food containers and straws.

City of Hobart councillors voted on March 4. night in favour of a by-law to support the ban and impose fines on those that don’t comply.