The Sunshine Beach State High School P&C this week unveiled the Whale-trailer, a Containers for Change collection point that can be used at the school and at community events to raise funds for other environmental and student well-being initiatives at the school.
Great news today with the Queensland Government announcing a plan to ban single-use plastics in the next phase of the war on waste.
Minister for Environment and Great Barrier Reef Leeanne Enoch today released Queensland’s Plastic Pollution Reduction Plan, which...
Why don’t we see more local recycling and, with the elections coming up, what are the major parties planning to do to relieve our recycling woes? The Boomerang Alliance shares some ideas on how we can improve our under performing system.
A few months in from the introduction of the Containers for Change, the scheme appears to be failing on a number of fronts from an environmental sustainability perspective. The Queensland Government’s draft Waste Management and Resource Recovery Strategy are now open for public submissions, so make your voice heard to ensure we get a better system.
The sale of bags made by Boomerang Bags Noosa volunteers has over the years funded movie screenings and other educational programs, including $500 seed funding to establish the Plastic Free Noosa initiative, but lately the group has decided to focus their financial assistance on one group, with Ocean Crusaders selected as the worthy recipient.
We live in Sunrise Beach. Our kids go to one of the local schools and we love to walk and cycle for transport. We are fond of our local shopping centre and support the baker, butcher, pharmacist, bottle shop,...
St Teresa’s Environmental Leader Morgan Pettit-Granger has been a driving force in her school's efforts to reduce waste to landfill, increase recycling and introduce initiatives like nude food days. A sustainable future seems more achievable with the next generation leading the way.
Sandra Acheson gives an update on Boomerang Bags Noosa's $2000 donation to help fund the Ocean Crusaders Paddle Against Plastic events, and how the team is coping with demand from shops across the Shire as shoppers come to terms with the plastic bag ban..
Well, we're halfway through Plastic Free July and Plastic Free Noosa wants to help us stay that way even when the month is done.
If you want to win an amazing reusable cup donated by @potteryfortheplanet, then this competition is...
When I was a kid, the local newspaper was always delivered by some physically active neighbourhood kid on foot or riding a bike. The paper was sometimes rolled up with a rubber band and delivered to the door or...
Plastic Free July this year kicks off in world cup style, coinciding with the ban on single-use plastic bags here in Queensland. We follow the highlights from our neighbourhood.
While global warming has often been described as THE issue of modern times, plastic pollution is sitting hot on its heels, if not in the overtaking lane!
Countries around the globe are trying to come to terms with China banning...
From the Australian perspective we often think places like Germany, or indeed the whole of Europe, might be ahead of us in environmental and public health measures, but I’m beginning to think we just don’t know how lucky we are.
