ACT government bans more single-use plastics from public events in Canberra

Jasper Lindell
Updated November 25 2021 - 11:51am, first published 5:31am
The Royal Canberra Show will expand a plastic-free ban when it returns in 2022. Picture: Ashraf Alreshan
The Royal Canberra Show will expand a plastic-free ban when it returns in 2022. Picture: Ashraf Alreshan

The ACT government will declare its public events to be free of single-use plastic, in a bid to further reduce waste sent to landfill in Canberra.

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Jasper Lindell

Jasper Lindell

Assembly Reporter

Jasper Lindell joined The Canberra Times in 2018. He is a Legislative Assembly reporter, covering ACT politics and government. He also writes about development, transport, heritage, local history, literature and the arts, as well as contributing to the Times' Panorama magazine. He was previously a Sunday Canberra Times reporter.

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