On March 23, the Boomerang Alliance will carry our community’s message straight to Parliament House. We’re delivering our open letter in person, demanding decisive action on waste and plastic pollution, and pushing for national Packaging Reform.
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Australia is drowning in waste. Plastic is flooding our oceans, breaking down in waterways, and even slipping into our food.
Voluntary commitments aren’t enough. The time for urgent, mandatory action is now.
Here's what we need:
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Extended Producer Responsibility so companies take full accountability for packaging
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Strong incentives to cut unnecessary packaging
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Better design for reuse and recycling
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Real funding for recovery systems
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Less plastic in our environment​
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This is practical, responsible, and long overdue.
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We need your support to get to Canberra. Every signature helps our team deliver a strong message demanding action on plastics.
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DRIVING REAL CHANGE ACROSS AUSTRALIA
During the 2025 federal election, with the backing of our community, we put plastic pollution firmly on the political agenda and held federal candidates to account.
Environmental policies were barely on the radar—but together, we made it clear that Australians expect action. Our movement sent a strong message: it’s time to cut plastic waste and protect our environment.
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See how the parties and independents measured up in our scorecard.
THE PROBLEM
THE ROLE REUSE PLAYS
Right now, single-use plastics are flooding our environment, driving climate change, and increasing cost-of-living pressures for households and businesses.
The solution? A bold, national shift to reusable packaging by 2030.
That’s why we’ve launched the Reuse Australia Program and declared the Year of Reuse — an ambitious campaign to supercharge the transition away from single-use plastics.
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Our vision is simple: an Australia where single-use is undesirable and unacceptable. By embracing reusables, we can:
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Reduce waste and pollution.
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Lower emissions and protect wildlife.
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Save money for households, businesses, and councils.
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Drive innovation and create sustainable jobs.
TAKE ACTION
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Australia is the second largest consumer of single-use plastic packaging in the world, and we only recycle 18% of it. It’s time for change.
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Plastic Waste Maker Index,
Minderoo Foundation
OUR IMPACT
25,000
People signed our ‘Unwrapped’ petition in partnership with the Australian Marine Conservation Society, pushing supermarkets to ‘cut the wrap’ and holding corporations and legislators accountable.
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Allied organisations that support systems and behaviour change to build up a circular economy across Australia.
40,000
Supporters that have kept the pressure on decision makers by sending thousands of emails to businesses, industry and governments, calling for change.