Plastic reduction in the bag as Boomerang bid takes flight

Council is supporting a community movement to reduce plastic bag use by purchasing a batch of Boomerang Bags for staff to use instead of plastic bags.

Noosa Council Community Engagement Manager Deb Bambrook said: “while Council supports calls for a state-wide ban on plastic bags, the Noosa community’s Boomerang Bag initiative is a great way to reduce plastic bag waste in the interim.”

Noosa is one of 15 communities to join the Boomerang Bag movement – a community driven initiative tackling plastic pollution at a grassroots level. A group of Noosa residents, led by Desiré Gralton, has begun making the bags.

“We aim to sew 2,500 Boomerang bags to leave at participating shopping precincts so people who have forgotten their re-useable bags can grab a Boomerang Bag for free and go shopping without having to take home plastic bags. They can bring their Boomerang Bag back next time,” Ms Gralton said.

Noosa’s inaugural community jury recommended a plastic bag ban among its waste management recommendations to Council.

Reducing plastic bag use is consistent with Council’s Towards Zero Waste initiative.

“While a state plastic bag ban may take some time to achieve, we can start giving up plastic bags today,” says Council Waste Coordinator Ian Florence.

“It is too easy to forget to bring a re-useable bag from home. Now, instead of opting for a plastic bag, we can grab a Boomerang Bag, and drop the bag back the next day.”

Noosa Community Biosphere Association will host a screening of multiple award-winning movie ‘Bag It’ at The J on Thursday, December 10, 6pm. Entry is via gold coin donation. Funds raised will support the Boomerang Bag initiative.

To support Noosa’s Boomerang Bags initiative contact Desiré Gralton on 0427 596 478.

2 December 2015