This comes after Hobart City Council passed a motion to completely eliminate single-use plastic in it's municipality by 2020, the first Australian city to do so.

Cr Dawkins said it will be interesting to see the result of Hobart's by-law, but working on removing single-use plastics at council events first might be a better approach.

"I don't like that top-down approach, I'm always quite cautious," Cr Dawkins said.

"I want to see how we can use community activity to support moving towards zero single-use plastics."

Fellow City of Launceston councillor Tim Walker said he would support any motion that was similar to that of Hobart's on banning single-use plastics.

City of Launceston Council general manager Michael Stretton said the council has not yet considered making Launceston free of single-use plastic.

"We've been watching the discussions in Hobart with great interest and we'll continue to do so," Mr Stretton said.

Cr Dawkins said with many big events eliminating single-use plastics such as A Festival Called PANAMA and Harvest, it's time to implement waste reduction policies on all events.

"Now that Festivale are also looking towards something more sustainable and Party in the Paddock we've ticked the boxes of all the big ones [events]," Cr Dawkins said.

"We can start using those models to help some of the smaller events."

Plastic Free Launceston spokesperson Trish Haeusler said Launceston businesses and events have already made efforts to eliminate single-use plastics, but they need to be supported.

"We need to really highlight those businesses that have made that change," Ms Haeusler said.

"We need to make sure we've got good infrastructure for them as well so they've got the ability to get biodegradable products.

"I'm just really hoping this will be an easier process now that Hobart's done all the heavy lifting and the fact that we already have businesses on side."

Cr Dawkins said getting rid of single-use plastics is one step, but more should be done in future to handle single-use waste.

"I think post-consumer products are one part of the solution but I don't think they're the whole solution," she said.

"I don't think they're sustainable long-term because they still use fossil fuels to bring them here.

"It's the next step, and then the step after that will be to get to a place where we don't have to use any single-use products at all."

Cr Dawkins hope to have a motion forwarded for April's council meeting.