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Wine Bottlers should join Container Refund Schemes

Wine and spirits bottlers should join the container refund by the beginning of 2023. Frankly it is an embarrassment that they are not already part of...
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Boomerang Alliance urges NT Government to ban single use plastics

In our submission on the Northern Territory Draft Circular Economy Strategy 2022-27, the Boomerang Alliance has welcomed the NT Government seeking to develop a circular...
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Plastic Bans Move up a Gear

With Queensland and South Australia, announcing consultations on their next stage bans on up to 20 single use plastic items, the race is on to...
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South Australia – next steps on single-use plastics ban

The Boomerang Alliance of 56 NGOs has welcomed the release of a public discussion paper (Turning the Tide on Single Use Plastics 2021) on more...
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Queensland Expanding Single-Use Plastics Ban

The Boomerang Alliance of 56 NGOs has welcomed the announcement of consultation on a second nation leading tranche of single use plastic items to be...
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Container Refunds now law in VIC

Last night the Victorian Parliament passed a new law to set up drink bottle and can refunds (CDS) to stop the litter and maximise recycling....
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ABC Breakfast - Big W Flouts QLD Plastic Ban

In a shocking exercise of corporate irresponsibility, BIG W has continued to sell banned single-use plastics in Queensland. They have greenwashed previous one-off items as...
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Industry Packaging Covenant admits failure on national targets

Industry based Australian Packaging Covenant (APC) released a major review today but almost all of Australia's key packaging waste and recycling targets are on the...
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ALP Container Refund Inquiry - dangerous waste of time

The reasons the Tasmanian ALP have given for an Upper House inquiry into the Container Refund Scheme Bill, don’t stack up.
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At last! NSW moves on plastic ban

NSW is now starting to catch up with other states with legislation introduced into Parliament this week to ban a range of single use plastic...
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