Stand up for our Oceans! Tell Prime Minister Turnbull - ban single-use plastics!

Our oceans are choking with plastic, suffocating turtles and being eaten by fish. The UK has acted - but Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull refuses to ban single-use plastics. Tell the Prime Minister - Australians want our oceans protected from plastic pollution!

Each day over 250 marine animals choke to death on the plastic polluting our oceans. Single-use items, such as plastic bags, straws, stirrers and cotton buds,  are the worst offenders. Small, lightweight and deceptively dangerous- single use plastics are often non-recyclable, ending up in our landfill or worse... blown straight into our oceans and killing our precious marine life.

Australia's ocean life is some of the most beautiful and diverse on the planet. Be a voice for our oceans -  tell Malcolm Turnbull our marine animals deserve protection today.

Sign our petition today and ask Prime Minister Turnbull to follow the example set by other world leaders and call for a ban on single-use plastics. Let him know that Australians won't stand by as our oceans suffocate under the weight of plastic pollution. Join our 2018 plastics pollution fighting force and use your voice to protect our oceans from toxic and unnecessary plastic waste!

Sign our petition now!

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull,


Australians want and deserve clean, healthy oceans full of life.


Plastic pollution is flowing into our oceans at an alarming rate, and is estimated there will be more plastic than fish in our oceans by 2050. Once plastic reaches the ocean, it entangles or is eaten by marine animals, leading to suffocation and starvation. Each day over 250 marine animals and over 2,700 seabirds choke to death on the plastic polluting our oceans.


Plastic has a long legacy, breaking down into smaller and smaller pieces that can last thousands of years, harming marine life and entering our food chains.


And the longer we wait the worse it gets, but there is a simple solution.


Prime Minister, we must ensure that plastic pollution will not find its way into our oceans, by stopping it at the source. If items polluting our oceans are no longer produced, they cannot bring harm to our oceans!


Around the world nations are beginning to act. For example the UK has recently announced its intention to ban the sale of plastic straws, drink stirrers and plastic-stemmed cotton buds, and called on all other Commonwealth countries to join in the fight against plastic pollution.


Australians are taking notice. We know it's a big problem and we want our government to be leaders in turning the tide on plastic pollution. Prime Minister - we call on you to commit to a 70% reduction of plastic pollution entering our waterways and reaching our oceans by 2020, commencing immediately with single-use plastics.


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