The small plastic items choking the environment are to be phased out in one state's war on waste. Photo: 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.

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

The NSW Plastic Plan 2.0 , will see the winding down of plastic bread tags and pizza box savers from late 2027 and non-compostable plastic fruit and vegetable stickers by 203

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