It’s time to make a stand against the increasing use of plastic in Australia.

I feel sick when I see the amount of plastic in the oceans. I’m angry that soft plastic has been stockpiled - they can’t find enough uses for the huge amounts collected.  I hate that I don’t have the choice of sustainable types of packaging at the supermarket and retail outlets.  

The manufacturers are choosing packaging on the basis of cost and profit.  Plastic is cheap and the manufacturers have little regard to the impact on the environment and happily pass the responsibility of recycling to the end user.

We need to make plastic less attractive to use. It is time that a tax was imposed at the point of import or manufacture of plastic. If plastic is more expensive, it will mean industry will look at other options.  

Let the government use the money collected to subsidise sustainable or easily recyclable materials.