Mr Phillip Weickhardt
Inquiry into Waste Generation and Resource Efficiency in Australia
Productivity Commission
LB2, Collins Street East
MELBOURNE  VIC  8003

Dear Commissioner Weickhardt,

Please consider the following issues as valid and important points.

1.	Introduce a levy on plastic bags.
2.	Encourage large chain supermarkets to decrease unnecessary packaging especially Woolworths, Coles.
3.	Encourage waste reduction not landfill.

Yours sincerely

Wendy Trethewy