By Hollie Harris
BOOMERANG Bags is trialling a new angle by introducing borrow and bring back bags to self-contained holiday apartments around Noosa.
While lots of locals are getting into the habit of taking their own re-usable bags with them when they go to the shops, holidaymakers tend to leave their bags at home and find it hard to avoid the plastic trap when out food shopping.
Boomerang Bags Noosa volunteer Desiree said having the bags at the apartments raised awareness of their mission to rid the Noosa Shire of single-use plastic bags and offers a sustainable alternative.
“Let’s get Noosa green,” Desiree said.
The bags will now be available for guests at Coco Bay Resort in Noosaville and managers Darren and Debbie are happy to support the move to green.
“We see a lot of waste. With so many guests at this time of year shopping and leaving the plastic bags in the units for others to use and the next guests doing the same, we pull out drawer loads of them,” Darren said.
The bags are hung up in the self-contained units with a notice explaining how the Boomerang Bags work.
“It should be very effective seeing as visitors have to take them back to the unit and not return them to the shop,” Darren said.
The plan is to encourage as many Noosa resorts as possible to get on board with this plastic-free strategy.
If you are interested in joining the mission to rid Noosa of plastic bags, get onto the Boomerang Bags Noosa Facebook page or find more information on www.boomerangbags.org.
