I am writing to ask you to support essential reform to tackle the plastic problem.   Australia is among the highest producers of single-use plastic waste per person in the world, and only 14% of it is recycled. The rest goes to landfill, leaches into our waterways and breaks down into the microplastics found in our food, our water, and our bodies. This is not just an environmental crisis but a human health crisis too.   We have been waiting too long to fix it. In 2018, governments and industry set ambitious national packaging targets to reach by 2025. The deadline has passed and we missed every single target. The lesson is clear: good intentions without infrastructure or enforceability are not enough.   The good news is that the solution already has broad support. Industry, conservationists, and local governments are aligned. The Government's own consultation found 65 per cent of respondents backed a mandatory Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme.   An EPR scheme would bring Australia into line with other developed economies and finally address a problem that has been ignored for far too long.   I am joining Dr Sophie Scamps MP in demanding national leadership, and national action. The steps to reform are clear:   1. Establish by regulation a mandatory, nationally harmonised EPR scheme; 2. Mandate enforceable waste reduction, recycling and reuse targets; 3. Establish a national, producer-funded soft plastics collection and recycling scheme; 4. Phase out harmful industrial chemicals in plastics; 5. Invest in research, innovation, and infrastructure.   Australians like me are sick and tired of big polluters being let off the hook time and time again.