These products were banned on 1 September 2025
Plastic soy sauce fish containers
Small, single serve soy sauce containers are most commonly found in the shape of fish, but can also be pigs, small rectangular receptacles, and other assorted shapes. It is intended that the ban will cover all shapes of single-use rigid plastic containers, with lids, under 30 ml that are used for soy sauce and provided with takeaway foods (such as sushi).
What is banned?
- Plastic soy sauce containers with a lid, cap or stopper, containing less than 30ml of soy sauce (including small fish-shaped containers and small rectangular containers).
Single-use plastic drinking straws and single-use plastic cutlery attached to a food or beverage product.
There was an exclusion for single-use plastic drinking straws and single-use plastic cutlery attached to, or contained within, a food or beverage product to enable or assist with consumption of the food or beverage. This was removed on 1 September 2025.
Removal of this exclusion was in line with similar bans being put into place by New South Wales (from 1 January 2025) and by Victoria (from 1 January 2026).
What is banned?
- Plastic cutlery either attached to or contained within a food container
- Plastic drinking straws attached to a drink container, for example juice drink containers
EPS cups and EPS bowls that form part of food or beverage packaging
From 1 September 2025, the exclusion in place for pre-packaged EPS cups and EPS bowls was removed. This includes EPS that forms an integral part of the packaging of pre-packaged single serve food or beverage products that are either ready for immediate consumption or consumption after cooling or heating of the contents.
This was in line with similar bans being put into place by New South Wales (from 1 January 2025) and by Victoria (from 1 January 2026).
What is banned?
- Pre-packaged EPS cups or bowls containing a meal (including noodles or pasta with flavouring)
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