WHO ARE WE
WA Plastic Free is a project run by The Boomerang Alliance, and we've been doing this kind of work for a while now.
Boomerang Alliance is a national peak not-for-profit formed in 2003 with the aim of a zero waste society - to give local communities power in their struggle to stem the massive waste of discarded resources polluting our environment.
We have run successful campaigns around container deposit schemes, plastic bags, E-waste, toxic toxic tyre dumping, mircroplastics and microbeads.
WA Plastic Free is the West Australian project of our Plastic Free Places Program.
THE WA PLASTIC FREE TEAM
Our team works on the ground (and behind the scenes) to deliver to our members the best advice, information and products to help them switch away from single use plastic. This may sound simple, but in fact it takes a lot of work, knowledge, experience and passion to deliver this program!
Meet the Boomerang Alliance staff that make up this awesome team:
Dr Lisa Novoradovskaya - Project Coordinator
Lisa has been advocating for reducing single-use plastics and choosing reusables ever since she moved to Australia in 2016. Originally from Russia, Lisa completed her PhD in environmental psychology at Curtin University in 2021, focusing specifically on what motivates people to choose reusable cups over single-use plastics.
Her primary focus is in individual & community behaviour change, shifting to more sustainable practices.
Bree Jennings - Project Coordinator
Bree is an experienced educator with an interest in waste and community education.
Growing up in Kalgoorlie, Bree is acutely aware of the challenges faced by rural & regional communities. Her focus is on ensuring all our communities, no matter their location are equiped with the knowledge and knowhow to build more sustainable businesses.
Kellie Lindsay - Plastic Free Places Program Manager
Kellie oversees the management of the Plastic Free Places program (which WA Plastic Free falls under) and helps develop the systems and partnerships that drive it.
Kellie obtained business and science degrees before pursuing an environmental career, further obtaining a Master’s Degree in Environmental Management. She has managed the program since its inception in early 2017, and prior to this, helped to implement successful campaigns for a container refund scheme and plastic bag ban in Qld.
Toby Hutcheon - Campaigns Manager
Toby has worked on environmental issues for 30 years. He started at Greenpeace on the Nuclear Free Seas campaign, dividing his time between the office and the bows of nuclear warships. He was Greenpeace Australia’s first Action Coordinator, managed the Communications Division, and helped initiate the ‘green’ Sydney Olympics. Toby moved to Europe in 1996, working on the Chernobyl Campaign for Greenpeace International in Moscow.
Since then, Toby has worked with the NSW Government on waste issues and ran a consultancy advising business, government and communities on zero waste initiatives.
Toby was the Executive Director of the Queensland Conservation Council from 2004-2014. Toby has tertiary qualifications in Education, Marketing and Journalism. He believes that we can all make a difference.