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

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.