Queensland introduces plastic ban into Parliament
16 July 2020 The Queensland Government tabled legislation yesterday to ban plastic takeaway straws, stirrers, cutlery, plates and bowls. The legislation will now go to a Parliamentary Committee for review and should be passed into law in the next few months....
Wildlife Queensland supports call to mandate recycling target
2 March 2020 Wildlife Queensland supports a call on the federal government by the Boomerang Alliance and WWF-Australia to use today’s National Plastics Summit to announce it will mandate that 100 per cent of plastic packaging will be reusable, compostable or...Less plastics, less litter ‒ our plastics campaign so far
20 December 2019 Wildlife Queensland, in partnership with the Boomerang Alliance, has campaigned to reduce plastic pollution and litter in Queensland, with a particular focus on single-use, disposable plastics. Items such as: plastic bagsstraws plastic cups and...
Top tips to reduce your plastic waste
16 August 2019 Are you ready to make #plasticfreejuly become your #plasticfreeeveryday? Or perhaps you’ve been thinking about reducing your plastic waste but you’re not sure where to start? Here’s how our Plastic Free July Competition winners are reducing...Plastic Free Council Event Guide released
23 July 2019 Wildlife Queensland’s partner, The Boomerang Alliance, has released a comprehensive Plastic Free Council Event Guide to provide councils with advice on how to reduce plastic use as part of tackling plastic pollution. The Guide is also available to...Plastic bags begone! One year on
1 July 2019 On the first anniversary of the ban on lightweight plastic bags, we are happy to report that the ban has had a positive effect. A total of 900 million single-use plastic bags do not exist thanks to the statewide plastic bag ban, which came into...Avoid waste in the first place!
As a result of efforts made by Wildlife Queensland and the Boomerang Alliance, we have seen some light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to recycling and plastic reductions. Environmental election promises One of the key things the Morrison Government has...Federal election 2019: will the environment win?
Updated 7 May 2019 Latest news updates: (7/5/2019): The Australian Labor Party will invest more than $1 billion in new environment programs, in particular, the establishment of a $100 million Native Species Protection Fund and $50 million towards environmental...