Australia's voluntary and state-based schemes are failing to enforce plastic targets

Exclusive: Government review finds no companies have been investigated or penalised over packaging in the past four years

Australia is likely to miss all of its own targets to rid the environment of plastic unless there is a major overhaul of its management and enforcement, conservationists and waste industry representatives say.

A government review found no state or territory had investigated or penalised a company over their performance on packaging waste in the past four years.