By MEGAN OGLE
VOLUNTEERS have been working tirelessly to create an alternative to plastic bags in the shire, and their hard work is about to pay off with the official launch of Boomerang Bags next month.
Boomerang Bags is a collaborative project that aims to use recycled fabrics to create alternatives to plastic bags.
If you forget your reusable bags while out in town, you can pick up a Boomerang Bag to use for the day and return it when you next drop by, reducing the need for plastic bags.
Project manager Desire Gralton said the reusable bags would be given to The Bent Banana, Peregian Beach, on Sunday 19 June to officially kick off the project in the local area.
In the meantime, you can visit the Boomerang Bag workshop and store at Shop 4, 28 Sunshine Beach Road, Noosa Junction, where you can pick up hand-made bags, stainless steel straws, bamboo toothbrushes and ready-to-plant native flora.
If you would like to be involved in the project, there are regular sewing bees at the workshop every Monday and Wednesday from 9am to 2.30pm. No experience is necessary.
