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Woolworths Kicks Off Plastic Bag Attack

June 20 - It's a Red Letter Day here at Boomerang Alliance as Woolworths' highly anticipated lightweight plastic bag ban finally comes into effect -...
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THE BIG BOTTLE TOUR ON ABC NEWS

After 2500kms, 10 towns and thousands of collected containers, the successful Big Bottle Tour culminated with special deliveries to the electoral offices of Victorian Premier...
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Seabin Project: Breathing life into the oceans

Pete Ceglinski, CEO and co-founder, Seabin Project Disillusioned by the rising level of plastic waste in the waters off Perth, Pete Ceglinski felt compelled to...
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Why Waste to Energy is not the solution

As Councils and Local Government authorities across Australia consider Waste to Energy as a solution to the current recycling crisis, Boomerang Alliance explains why burning...
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Recycling Crisis or Opportunity?

27 April 2018:  Environment groups described today’s Environment Ministers’ meeting as a ‘work in progress’, with Ministers yet to prove that they have adequately responded...
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Waste to Energy - wrong way, go back!

The growing rush to incinerate recyclable materials in response to the current loss of export markets, is entirely the wrong way to go, the Boomerang...
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Letter to Environment Ministers

Dear Environment Minister, There has rarely been a more important meeting of environment ministers when it comes to waste and recycling.    
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Stop Australia becoming the dumping ground for microbeads

Next Friday 27 April 2018, our State and Federal Environment Ministers will meet to discuss crucial issues, including the introduction of a nationwide ban on...
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The Big Bottle tour around Victoria

After just two months, the NSW container deposit scheme is already collecting over 1.5 million containers a day. As the rest of Australia follows suit...
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Waste crisis: "the fear is palpable"

After years of relying on China to process our plastic rubbish into something useable, the new Chinese National Sword ban is set to have devastating...
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