In May 2017, the Boomerang Alliance identified a once in a lifetime opportunity to ban single-use lightweight plastic bags in the three remaining states: NSW, Victoria and WA. The campaign was aiming to build momentum and increase pressure before the Meeting of Environment Ministers. They crowdfunded $25,923 used to coordinate and support the work of 60 community groups across Australia - lobby decision makers, flood their social media accounts, organise stalls and rallies, visit electorate offices, write letters to editors, and keep this issue in the media spotlight. They also Do Gooder campaign, ran a successful twitter storm (11,406,625 impressions), used Thunderclap on World Oceans Day to reach out to 941,681 people and send SMS to over 5,000 supporters asking them to ring electorate offices. The Environment Ministers failed to agree on a national ban but these actions led to Woolworths, Coles, Harris Farm and IGA announcing they were going to voluntarily ban lightweight bags in 2018. Since then WA and Vic Premiers have also announced they will ban plastic bags. www.boomerangalliance.org.au
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