The Department conducted a closed non-competitive ad hoc grant (Jan 2021) to deliver a national Plastic Free Beaches program, which would be an expansion of Boomerang Alliance’s existing Plastic Free Places initiative. Up to $600,000 (ex GST) in departmental funding over two years, sourced from the $35 million to implement the National Waste Policy Action Plan, has been earmarked to deliver the grant. A funding agreement was recently finalised with project activities commencing in May 2021. Through the proposed grant, Australian businesses in selected areas (yet to be identified by Boomerang Alliance) will be supported to transition away from single use plastics to reduce the amount of problematic singleuse plastics and packaging that leaks into the environment. Locations will be selected on the basis that they: i. Are geographic areas that disproportionately contribute to marine plastic litter

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