New single-use plastic bans in QLD, WA and SA

A container is filled with plastic waste from Australia, in Port Klang, Malaysia, on May 28, 2019. Vincent Thian/AP Photo

More single-use plastics including microbeads, packing peanuts and balloons are being phased out across the country.

Queensland, South Australia (SA) and Western Australia (WA) introduced new bans on Sep. 1 to varying degrees.