Australia is on a plastics mission. It is a significant challenge in which each of us – government, industry and the community – must play a part. In March 2020, Australia’s first ever National Plastics Summit was held. The summit brought together over 200 leaders and experts from government, industry and community sectors to identify and showcase new ideas and solutions. The summit highlighted that plastic waste is an issue that Australians care about deeply – governments are engaged, industry is engaged and the community is engaged.

This plan puts into action many of the excellent ideas raised at the summit.