The commitment by Coles and Woolworths to manage the REDcycle soft plastic stockpile is hopefully, the start of a journey to recycling the vast bulk of Australia’s 440,000tonnes of the material, the Boomerang Alliance said today.

The Queensland Government has introduced legislation to ban the release of lighter than air balloons. The ban is likely to be put into effect in September 2023.

How often or long do we need to use green bags to make reusable bags actually environmentally friendly and how are they being recycled?

Boomerang Alliance campaigner Birte Moliere spoke with James Valentine on ABC News.

Cafes and restaurants are being pushed away from plastic, with single use plastic bans coming into force across the country.

It can be an expensive transition, but there's support for businesses making the move towards greener alternatives.

Western Australia banned heavyweight plastic bags in 2022, Queensland will follow this September. South Australia and the ACT will act soon. The bans are forcing the major supermarkets to abandon their 15 or 25 cent plastic bags.

Australia urgently needs a national plan to tackle the soft plastics crisis and the Boomerang Alliance is releasing its proposed product stewardship scheme to mandate action by producers and supermarkets.

Dine-in restaurants in Australia should be banned from serving food and drink in disposable packaging.

Boomerang Alliance submitted a joint submission to House of Representatives Standing Committee Inquiry into the impacts of plastic pollution in Australia’s oceans and waterways with Total Environment Centre and AUSMAP.

• Download Boomerang Alliance submission to the Inquiry Into the Impacts of Plastic Pollution in Australia's Oceans and Waterways

The Total Environment Centre have published an OMNIPOLL survey that shows that 9 in 10 Australians support the inclusion of wine and spirit bottles in container refund schemes.

The collapse of the REDcycle soft plastics recycling scheme and "secret stockpiling" has revealed deeper problems that must be fixed if the community is to have confidence in plastics recycling.