Photo: Council's Community Engagement Manager Debra Bambrook picks up the first batch of Boomerang Bags from Desiré Gralton, founder of Boomerang Bags Noosa. NCBA's John Wood and Darren Walters (right) were there in support of Boomerang Bags' first day of operation at Girraween Sports Complex.
Noosa is one of 15 communities to join the Boomerang Bag movement - a community driven initiative tackling plastic pollution at a grassroots level.
A group of Noosa residents, led by Desiré Gralton, has begun making the bags.
"We aim to sew 2,500 Boomerang bags to leave at participating shopping precincts so people who have forgotten their re-useable bags can grab a Boomerang Bag for free and go shopping without having to take home plastic bags," Ms Gralton says.
"They can bring their Boomerang Bag back next time."
Noosa's inaugural community jury has recommended a plastic bag ban among its waste management recommendations to Council.
Reducing plastic bag use is consistent with Council's Towards Zero Waste initiative.
"While a state plastic bag ban may take some time to achieve, we can start giving up plastic bags today," Council Waste Coordinator Ian Florence says.
"It is too easy to forget to bring a re-useable bag from home.
"Now, instead of opting for a plastic bag, we can grab a Boomerang Bag, and drop the bag back the next day."