Single-Use Plastics Ban

Resources

School Update article

Single-use plastics ban – 29 November 2022 (staff login required)

Sample text for school newsletters

Schools may want to communicate the ban to their school communities (note that this is not mandatory).

Some sample text is available for schools to adapt for their own communications:

Sample newsletter content for school communications to their community about the single use plastics ban (DOCX) (staff login required)

Victorian Government single-use plastics website

There are a number of useful resources about the single-use plastics ban available on the Victorian Government single-use plastics website:

• Factsheet: Single-use plastics ban (PDF)
• FAQs: Single-use plastics guide for business (PDF)
• A4 poster: Single-use plastics ban (PDF) – useful for canteens and school events where food and drinks are provided or sold
• A6 postcard: Single-use plastics ban (PDF) – useful for canteens and school events where food and drinks are provided or sold

A toll-free hotline has been established for any questions about the ban: 1800 844 946.

Schools can also email questions about the ban to: SUP.policy@delwp.vic.gov.au

Sustainability Victoria website

A number of helpful resources are available at: Sustainability Victoria: single-use plastics ban including posters and communications materials in a number of languages other than English.

Exemptions guidance

Single-use plastics ban – exemptions guidance (PDF) (staff login required)