Plastic straws, stirrers, cutlery, plates and bowls and expanded polystyrene (foam) cups and containers will all be banned this year from September 1, under new state government legislation.
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A holiday to America and enjoying the country’s iconic cuisine inspired Leah Hosemann to bring something similar back home to Rockhampton.
“We were having Shake Shack, In and Out, all of this delicious food… Then I came back and I thought we didn’t have something like that here,” Leah said.
“I always had my eyes open and was thinking about what could we do here.”
The new business has been a boost for the complex as the Coffee Club site has been vacant since 2017.
“It was empty for a long time, it needed something to bring people here,” Leah said.