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Farid Farid

War on waste: more single-use plastics banished

The small plastic items choking the environment are to be phased out in one state's war on waste. (HANDOUT/NSW GOVERNMENT)

Pesky plastic tags on loaves of bread, tiny soy sauce fish bottles and detachable bottle tops are all being binned by a state government battling a mounting rubbish crisis.

The ambitious clean-up is part of an expanded ban by NSW coinciding with the start of National Recycling Week.

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