Who We Are

In 2003 Dave West, Jeff Angel and a group of passionate people with the support of Total Environment Centre, began to campaign for a container deposit system across Australia and decided to create an alliance among all sorts of environmental groups – from surfers to recyclers, to clean up and neighbourhood groups - to give local communities power and influence in their struggle to stem the massive waste of discarded resources polluting our playgrounds, parks, rivers and beaches. The Boomerang Alliance quickly grew from 9 groups and now comprises 55 national, state and local allies. Boomerang is an incorporated association and registered charity.  Each of our allies has the right to their own policies, and decides the level of support they give to our campaigns.

MEET THE TEAM

Jeff Angel - Director
Toby Hutcheon - Campaign Manager
Kellie Lindsay - Program Manager, Plastic Free Places
Sara Gibson - Community Engagement Lead
Birte Moliere - Packaging Campaign Lead
Yana Myronenko - Accounts & Administration Officer

 

Our Allies

AFROCAB

Arid Lands Environment Centre

Australian Conservation Foundation

Australian Marine Conservation Society

Beach Patrol

Better Buds

Boomerang Bags

Cairns and Far North Coast Environment Centre

Clean Up Australia

Conservation Council ACT Region

Conservation Council of South Australia

Conservation Council of Western Australia

Cooks River Alliance

Cooks River Valley Association

Environment Centre NT

Environment Tasmania

Environment Victoria

Friends of the Earth

Gold Coast and Hinterland Environment Council (GECKO)

Good for the Hood

Granite Belt Sustainable Action Network

Green Music Australia

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

Householders' Options to Protect the Environment (HOPE)

IDEP Foundation

Lake Macquarie Sustainable Neighbourhood Alliance

Lane Cove Sustainability Action Group

LEAD Group

Living Ocean

Local Government NSW

Manly & Freshwater Surfing Reserve

Mineral Policy Institute

Nature Conservation Council of NSW

No Balloon Release Australia

No More Butts

North Queensland Conservation Council (NQCC)

Our Seas Our Future

Plastic Bag Free Victoria 

Plastic Free July

Plastic Free Sunraysia

Positive Change for Marine Life

Project AWARE Foundation

Queensland Conservation Council

Responsible Runners

SEA LIFE Trust

Sea Shepherd Australia

Seaside Scavenge

So Shire

Sunshine Coast Environment Council (SCEC)

Surfrider Foundation Australia

Take 3

Tasmanian Conservation Trust

Total Environment Centre

Two Hands Project

Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland

Zero Waste Revolution Canberra