Polythene Bag Ban in Australia: Strategies, Outcomes, and Policy

This report provides an executive summary on the environmental impact of polythene bags, highlighting their non-biodegradable nature and the resulting harm to ecosystems, particularly marine life, and contribution to landfill issues and greenhouse gas emissions. The report addresses the strategies to eliminate or halt the use of polythene bags, focusing on Australia. It outlines objectives, the credibility of the campaign, and proposes various strategies, including recycling measures, supply restrictions, and deposit requirements. The campaign's outcomes are assessed, and the importance of environmental policy for governance is discussed, including the establishment of environmental laws and public education initiatives. The report concludes with a summary of the benefits of a polythene bag ban, such as reducing greenhouse gas effects and promoting a cleaner environment.

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Executive summary
A plastic bag is a form of the container produced from a polythene non-woven
material.These bags are adopted for purpose of channeling products and services for instance
foods, powders magazines, and chemicals. Although the product is useful in transporting and
containing items it impacts the environment negatively, this is because plastic bags are non-
biodegradable in that they can be recycled or they don't decompose. The different types of plastic
pockets include high-density polythene pockets and low-density polythene pockets The aim of
this paper will be to address the strategies to be acquired to get rid of or halt the use of the
product and SAY NO to use of plastic bags in Australia Haoran(2010).
Problem statement
The plastic bags pose many threats to the ecosystem which jeopardize human life and
also give a bad impression of the environment, the excerpt is to identify the impact the polythene
bags has on marine life which is major problem another problem is landfilling space, whereby
the plastic bags because of their non-biodegradability makes it difficult in decomposing the
materials. The expert also intends to solve the problem of greenhouse effect since when coal, oil,
and gas are used they emit life-threatening greenhouse accelerators, on the other hand, the plastic
pockets result in filling the land which is also a significant generator pf greenhouse accelerators.
Lastly, plastic bags contribute much in cleaning up the filthiness, so governments incur many
costs as they channel a lot of resources into the cleaning up programFehily (2009).
Change is irresistible when a new dawn came every mechanism used to fight the ban was useless
and the ‘baby’ was set for birth. Different classes of people hovered with their interest glaring

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however change was due and ban had to be effected. Following more closely to the ban the
council issued directives to the staff with their steadfast dictate on the process execution.
Important to note is that the ban didi not allow space for adoption but it was actualized as soon as
it was proposed.
Objectives
Help give the public, information that is up to date about issues on the anti-plastic.
Another objective is that it helps recycle, reduce and reuse so as to achieve a zero waste policy.
Helps educate the public about the effects of the plastic bags on the environment, how the plastic
bags destroy the natural resources, the high cost incurred in the future so as to clean up the litter.
It is overly broad referring to utilities. It should be incorporated as the elimination of impacts in
relation to use of plastic carry out bags as environmental pollution, biological resources,
terrestrial environment, water quality, marine, and aesthetics. In addition, the objective is varied
since it supports past environmental impacts of the use of bags. It is considered as an objective
with no negative documented environmental impact in relation to use of plastic bags, thus a not
valid objective. The other objective aims at promoting a shift regarding the use of reusable carry
out bags used by retail customers. In an ordained proposal, the consumer has three choices; a
reuse able bag, recyclable paper bag or no bag at all. Finally, decreasing litter and environment
pollutants to prevent water systems, aesthetics, and terrestrial environment. This entails the
summary of other objectivesJalil (2013).
Credibility of the campaign

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To make the campaign more credible we have to consider several emerges, the campaign
required a clearly delimitated goal which makes the campaign more achievable, the campaign
demanded the understanding of the audience who are ones to make decisions concerning plastic
bag ban. The campaign also for credibility calls for s more strong content reflecting the ant
plastic use campaign, the message is required to concisely state what the purpose and overall aim
of the campaign. A strategy is key in making the campaign credible because the campaigner will
have the leverage of influencing decision makers to campaign with interest of reducing paper bag
use. The campaign needs to make the ban of plastic bag a requirement, this is to be done through
education of the public and also avail statistics and facts basing on how the plastic bags pollute
the environment which is an expense to the taxpayers when money is used to persuade
individuals to instead campaign.
A strategy to implement the anti-plastic bag use will be:
Enforcing measures for recycling and recovering of life end products
Restriction of plastic bags supply
Having must requirements in position concerning deposition of plastic bags
Enforcing restrictions to some products to enhance recycling
An integrated strategy map of this schemes is stipulated below.

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A strategy to implement the anti-plastic bag use will be:
Enforcing measures for recycling and recovering of life end products
Restriction of plastic bags supply
Having must requirements in position concerning deposition of plastic bags
Enforcing restrictions to some products to enhance recycling
An integrated strategy map of this schemes is stipulated below.
Campaign outcome
The campaign objectives did not meet all the objectives at it was required there was still
some significant plastic bag use. No substantial parity in effectiveness among the means of
communication this was because of low intensity of campaign communications Oman(2010).
Conclusion
In summary, plastic bag ban is very important to the environment as reduces the green
gas effect, marine life is protected from dirt emitted to it by plastic bags and lastly, a plastic-free
environment is more appealing and gives a good look.
A strategy to implement the anti-plastic bag use will be:
 Enforcing measures for recycling and recovering of life end products
 Restriction of plastic bags supply
 Having must requirements in position concerning deposition of plastic bags

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 Enforcing restrictions to some products to enhance recycling
 An integrated strategy map of these schemes is stipulated below.
Campaign outcome
The campaign objectives did not meet all the objectives at it was required there was still
some significant plastic bag use. No substantial parity in effectiveness among the means of
communication this was because of low intensity of campaign communications.
Conclusion
In summary, plastic bag ban is very important to the environment as reduces the green gas effect,
marine life is protected from dirt emitted to it by plastic bags and lastly, a plastic-free
environment is more appealing and gives a good look.
Campaign outcome
The campaign objectives did not meet all the objectives at it was required there was still
some significant plastic bag use. No substantial parity in effectiveness among the means of
communication this was because of low intensity of campaign communications.
Conclusion
In summary, plastic bag ban is very important to the environment as reduces the green
gas effect, marine life is protected from dirt emitted to it by plastic bags and lastly, a plastic-free
environment is more appealing and gives a good look.
Environment policy

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Environment policy will assist in the governance of anti-plastic use through the
establishment of environmental laws and supporting initiatives. This is rules and norms based on
environment pollution some of the environmental policies will include; a dedication to the
environmental policy, this policy requires assessment of efforts to abbreviate pollution and bring
off their innate resources. Establishment of performance reviews program, this will aid in
establishing communicated decision concerning the environment. Having a monitoring and
appraisal program. The environmental policy also needs to address how the public will be
educated for sustainable development of the environment. Again the environment policy contains
issued based on ecosystem impact assessment, industrial accidents, and water resources and
lastly, it requires public participation for effective implementation Sutton(2012).
A strategy to implement the anti-plastic bag use will be:
Enforcing measures for recycling and recovering of life end products
Restriction of plastic bags supply
Having must requirements in position concerning deposition of plastic bags
Enforcing restrictions to some products to enhance recycling
An integrated strategy map of these schemes is stipulated below.

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Campaign outcome
The campaign objectives did not meet all the objectives at it was required there was still
some significant plastic bag use. No substantial parity in effectiveness among the means of
communication this was because of low intensity of campaign communications.
Conclusion
In summary, plastic bag ban is very important to the environment as reduces the green
gas effect, marine life is protected from dirt emitted to it by plastic bags and lastly, a plastic-free
environment is more appealing and gives a good lookStakeholdermap (2017).

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