Plastic Free Council Event Guide released

23 Jul 2019

23 July 2019   Wildlife Queensland’s partner, The Boomerang Alliance, has released a comprehensive Plastic Free Council Event Guide to provide councils with advice on how to reduce plastic use as part of tackling plastic pollution. The Guide is also available to...

Avoid waste in the first place!

30 May 2019

As a result of efforts made by Wildlife Queensland and the Boomerang Alliance, we have seen some light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to recycling and plastic reductions. Environmental election promises One of the key things the Morrison Government has...

Federal election 2019: will the environment win?   

3 May 2019

Updated 7 May 2019   Latest news updates: (7/5/2019): The Australian Labor Party will invest more than $1 billion in new environment programs, in particular, the establishment of a $100 million Native Species Protection Fund and $50 million towards environmental...
Qld container refund scheme crushing it

Qld container refund scheme crushing it

2 May 2019

2 May 2019   As members and supporters of Wildlife Queensland know we were a strong advocate for the container refund scheme (CRS) and, with our partner the Boomerang Alliance, helped get the scheme started. From our point of view, a scheme that can reduce litter...

Balloons are killing our seabirds

7 Mar 2019

7 March 2019   A new CSIRO and IMAS collaborative study reveals that balloons are the highest risk plastic debris for seabirds. The report found that one third of all seabirds had ingested marine plastic debris with the leading cause of death being balloons....

Single-Use Plastics: The Next Steps

28 Feb 2019

updated 1 August  2019   2018 was a stellar year for progress on plastic litter. Campaigns by Wildlife Queensland led to the introduction of a Queensland ban on lightweight plastic bags in July and a Container Refund Scheme for bottles and cans. We should see a...
Qld container refund scheme crushing it

Two ways your change will help wildlife!

1 Nov 2018

1 November 2018   Let’s face it, Queensland – as a state we’re great at many things; however, when it comes to recycling, we can do a lot better. As of 1 November 2018, Queensland’s Containers for Change scheme will help us do just that, with more than 300 refund...

Wildlife Queensland thanks Ian Kiernan AO

25 Oct 2018

Among the many achievements Ian Kiernan AO celebrated throughout his career as both yachtsman and environmental campaigner, his greatest was undoubtedly the establishment of the not-for-profit Clean Up Australia campaign (and later, Clean Up the World). A game changer...

WPSQ calls Minister to take Action on Bags

30 Aug 2018

Wildlife Queensland calls on the Minister for Environment to take action on thicker plastic bags (and helium balloons) after Coles’ oscillation on providing them for free exposed a serious vulnerability in Queensland’s bag ban policy. In an unfortunate turn of events...

Bogus bags the next step

26 Jul 2018

Boosted by our well-supported funding appeal last month, Wildlife Queensland is wasting no time getting started with The Next Step: Against Waste in Queensland – and we need your help! Wildlife Queensland is pleased to report that its recent campaign to raise funds to...

We launch The Next Step: Against Waste!

24 May 2018

The decision by Brisbane City Council to ban certain single-use plastic items commonly littered at Council events is a step in the right direction according to Wildlife Queensland, and was well-timed to highlight our current campaign to continue reducing the impact of...

Plastic: The Next Step is vital

27 Apr 2018

When Wildlife Queensland finally succeeded late last year in its appeal to the State Government to introduce a ban on single-use plastic bags in Queensland we knew it was only the first step. As The Next Step in our critical war on waste, Wildlife Queensland is...

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