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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...

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New 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...

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It 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...

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State 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...

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Landfill 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...

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Vic 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...

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Vic 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...

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Swift 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...

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A 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...

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Green 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

posted by Mark on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 14:48

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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Launch of our ARE YOU IN? Campaign Wednesday, 7 October 2009 Environment Victoria CEO, Kelly O'Shanassy talks about our new campaign to mobilise 5 million people at the recent launch of our ARE YOU IN? Campaign. Share
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Are you in? We've got a bold plan. Get everyone in Victoria to start taking Green Action. That's all 5 million of us, all doing some part big and small, to safeguard our environment. Because we know it's not impossible. In fact, it's already happening. So what do you say? Are you in?   A...
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