Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING REGULATION 2023 - REG 29

29 Banned single-use plastic items—Act, s 99GC

(1) For section 99GC (1) (b) of the Act , each of the following single-use plastic items is prescribed to be a banned single-use plastic item—

(a) a banned cotton bud;

(b) a banned rinsable product;

(c) loose-fill packaging material made, in whole or part, of expanded polystyrene (EPS).

Example for paragraph (c)—

packing peanuts

(2) In this section—

"banned cotton bud" means a cotton bud with a plastic stem, other than a cotton bud that is used or intended to be used for testing carried out for forensic, medical, scientific or law enforcement purposes.

"banned rinsable product" means—

(a) a cosmetic, or product for personal care, that—

(i) contains plastic microbeads; and

(ii) is intended to be rinsed or washed off immediately or shortly after use; or

(b) a product for general cleaning that—

(i) contains plastic microbeads; and

(ii) is intended to be used in a way that will result in the product being rinsed or washed down a drain.

Example for subparagraph (ii)—

a product intended to clean kitchen surfaces by being applied with a cloth that will be rinsed or washed after use