The Boomerang Alliance has signed on to the joint environmental groups call for an ambitious Global Plastics Treaty. The joint statement released today (18 July 2025), supports the agreed high ambition goals the Albanese Government has committed to. Those goals include restraining the production of problematic plastics and managing a shift to a circular economy for plastics.

'The key for an effective global treaty is to ensure that any plastics placed into the market will be reused, remanufactured or recycled, without waste and without polluting our lands or oceans.' said

'In this task the Albanese Government needs to think globally and act locally. Acting means addressing Australia's woeful plastic packaging record. The vast majority of plastic packaging sold in this country is single-use and is still ending up in landfill or littered in the ocean.'

'Industry, environment groups and the concerned public have all called on the Government to reform packaging laws. That call supports a mandatory stewardship scheme for packaging to make producers fully responsible for the product they place into the Australian market.'

'Australia can take the lead in the Asia-Pacific region by demonstrating that all our packaging will be managed sustainably, with any products used recovered in practice. This is the only way that the plastic pollution crisis will be solved in our region.'

'Supporting a global plastic treaty is one thing, acting effectively to solve the problem is another.'