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The State Government has announced a bold plan to make Central Queensland a "plastic free" region in the future.
Minister for the Environment and Great Barrier Reef Meaghan Scanlon addressed a press conference at the Yeppoon Landfill on April 16, announcing the initiative, saying there had been strong results in other regions that had tried it.
"Today I was really happy to announce the government, partnering with the Boomerang Alliance and of course the Livingstone Shire Council and the Rockhampton Regional Council to try and make Central Queensland plastic-free," Ms Scanlon said.
"This is an initiative we've rolled out in other regions and essentially what it does is it provides a staff member full-time to provide that one-on-one advice to retailers and businesses to allow them to transition much more easily."