The Boomerang Alliance
At Environment Victoria, we believe in team work. That’s why we’ve joined a bunch of other environment groups to work together to make Australia a zero waste leader. We call ourselves the Boomerang Alliance.
(You can see a full list of our friends, here)
We work with business, government and the community to reduce waste across this great country of ours.
The Boomerang Alliance is campaigning for:
- Extended Producer Responsibility for all products that pose a problem
- Waste levies in each state
- Shifting the cost of managing waste to those who make the products
- Developing the systems to help companies take-back their products at the end of their lifecycle
- Providing incentives for waste to be reprocessed locally and for alternative technologies to be used
- Encouraging new markets to grow around environmentally friendly products (including those that are made out of recycled material)
We’ve also developed a National Recycling Initiative: a series of proposals that we think will help the recycling industry secure its future. For instance, with a little bit of financial support, we can create 2,300 direct jobs and a further 5,800 jobs in service and supply to the industry.
We think that’s worth getting excited about!
Get the latest buzz on the Boomerang Alliance below
Tip fees to soar
Friday, 28 May 2010
Landfill charges in Victoria will increase from July 1 after the opposition backed a government plan to encourage recycling.
The cost of discarding rubbish at a tip will jump to $30 a tonne - up from $9 for council waste and $15...
moreNew landfill levies a huge boost for recycling
Thursday, 27 May 2010
Environment Victoria has today congratulated the Brumby Government on setting new landfill levies that will increase recycling, and congratulated Opposition parties on supporting the passage of the new levies...
moreIt might look like just an old TV, but it contains all the ingredients for an environmental time bomb
Sunday, 23 May 2010
The Age
Along with the ubiquitous broken armchairs and old mattresses, millions of unwanted televisions are now jostling for footpath space on hard...
moreState Budget leaves unfinished business on environment ahead of election
Tuesday, 4 May 2010
The State Government’s Budget is modest on environment spending and leaves a lot of work to do on key green issues in the lead up to November’s election, the state’s...
moreLandfill charges to rise sharply
Thursday, 25 March 2010
The cost of dumping rubbish in landfill will escalate dramatically under a state government plan to encourage recycling and create ''green jobs''.
From July 1, the cost of discarding rubbish at a landfill tip will...
moreVic landfill levy hike
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Landfill levies in metropolitan Victoria will jump from $7/tonne to $30/tonne on July 1 this year, and hit $53.50/tonne in 2014/15. The government has...
moreVic tests the water on new waste tax
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Inside Waste Weekly
The Victorian Government’s waste management plans appear in disarray after news leaked last week it was surveying residents about how much extra they would pay to process their waste...
moreSwift action needed to save recycling jobs
Friday, 19 February 2010
Environment Victoria today called on the State Government and the Opposition to stop treating the recycling industry as a political football and work together to support Victoria’s struggling recycling...
moreA waste timebomb that must be defused
Monday, 16 November 2009
Ian Kiernan, The Age
Australians pride themselves on being good recyclers, but at the same time we also generate more rubbish per head than just about anyone else, and much of it stills ends up at the dump...
moreGreen group welcomes breakthrough on electronic waste
Thursday, 5 November 2009
Environment Victoria today congratulated the federal government on its decision to introduce a national television and computer recycling scheme.
Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett...
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Environment Victoria's campaign highlights for the year
yep, there's a few...
It's never easy securing environmental victories, but we reckon we’ve had a pretty good year on the campaign trail. While we’re still not taking the critical big steps forward to reduce emissions, save our rivers and protect our...
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- Victoria: green and growing |
- State budget submission 2009–10 |
- Victoria - the Green Jobs State. Siezing the opportunities |
- Victoria: The Green Jobs State - creating a green, prosperous and socially inclusive Victoria |
- Green Jobs Summit - Program |
- Green Jobs Summit - Tony Nicholson, CEO, Brotherhood of St Laurence |
- Building comparative advantage in the low carbon world: Victoria’s clean energy jobs opportunities |
- Increasing Victoria’s competitive advantage in green jobs. Tim Piper, Australian Industry Group |
- Barriers & opportunities through energy efficiency. Paul Murfitt, Moreland Energy Foundation |
- Ensuring that disadvantaged job seekers are involved in the emerging green jobs market. Michael Horn |
