Ballarat backs a plastic bag free state

By Siobhan Calafiore
Updated September 29 2016 - 11:13pm, first published 6:30pm
POLLUTION: David Twomey (left) and Colleen Filippa (right) from Plastic Bag Free Ballarat with Ballarat City Council candidate Belinda Coates. Picture: Siobhan Calafiore.
POLLUTION: David Twomey (left) and Colleen Filippa (right) from Plastic Bag Free Ballarat with Ballarat City Council candidate Belinda Coates. Picture: Siobhan Calafiore.

A fine goal with some tough hurdles to overcome.  That is how advocates are seeing the idea of a plastic bag-free Ballarat and they hope a statewide ban will give impetus to the cause. 

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