Bendigo Plastic Bag ban from November 1 2019

The City of Greater Bendigo is reminding residents that from November 1 lightweight, single-use plastic shopping bags will be banned throughout Victoria under new legislation introduced by the Victorian Government.

From November 1 it will be illegal for a retailer to supply a banned plastic bag and for a person who supplies or manufactures plastic bags to give false or misleading information about banned bags.

The ban applies to all retailers including supermarkets, green grocers, bakeries, pharmacies, clothing stores, restaurants, cafes, markets, food outlets and many more, and includes plastic degradable, biodegradable and compostable bags.

Victorians use over 1 billion plastic shopping bags every year. The majority of these bags end up in landfill and around 10 million end up as litter polluting our environment and endangering our wildlife.

The ban is a crucial step in protecting Victoria’s waterways and wildlife from plastic pollution and is part of a suite of Victorian Government measures designed to reduce the impact of plastic pollution, reduce the amount of waste going to landfill and strengthen Victoria’s recycling industry.