Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

The government doesn't support these amendments either. Industry has delivered strong uptake of the Australasian Recycling Label. Over 400 APCO members are now committed to its use, and those numbers continue to grow. As I've noted before in this debate, industry has also delivered on phasing out microbeads, with 99.3 per cent of use now phased out. For these reasons we don't support these amendments by the Greens, which would apply regulation onto industry when, in fact, government working cooperatively with industry is already achieving significant outcomes.