WPSQ welcomes Qld Government’s Plastic Pollution Reduction Plan

WPSQ welcomes Qld Government’s Plastic Pollution Reduction Plan

8 November 2019 Wildlife Queensland welcomes the announcement yesterday (7 November 2019) by the Queensland Government of a new Plastic Pollution Reduction Plan, which includes legislation next year (subject to consultation) to ban the supply of plastic products...

2019 Meeting of Environment Ministers

7 November 2019   BREAKING NEWS | 7 November 2019: Minister for Environment and Great Barrier Reef Leeanne Enoch today released Queensland’s Plastic Pollution Reduction Plan, which sets out the proposed way forward for dealing with single-use plastics in our...

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...

Single-Use Plastics: The Next Steps

updated 1 August  2019   2018 was a stellar year for progress on plastic litter. Campaigns by Wildlife Queensland led to the introduction of a Queensland ban on lightweight plastic bags in July and a Container Refund Scheme for bottles and cans. We should see a...

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