The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation consulted on the WA Plan for Plastics Stage 1 regulations over an eight-week period in mid-2021. This consultation process also involved the Single-Use Plastic Working Group.
The consultation sought feedback on the State Government’s preferred approach to address the impacts presented by single-use plastics: a statewide ban on a range of plastic items.
The decision regulatory impact statement (DRIS) for Stage 1 assesses the policy, discusses feedback received during consultation and assesses the costs and benefits of regulations. It also summarises potential impacts to national and trans-Tasman markets that could result from the introduction of regulations.
The DRIS recommended the preferred approach for regulatory intervention and to seek permanent exemptions under the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 and Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997.
