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Tangaroa Blue Foundation
Tangaroa Blue Foundation works to prevent and remove marine debris. We inspire action and empower people, organisations, businesses and governments to make data-driven decisions to improve systems, processes and behaviours to stop the flow of litter at its source.
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land and sea Country on which we live, learn and work, and pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.
CONTRIBUTE TO A CLEANER FUTURE FOR OUR OCEANS
You can help reduce marine debris on Australian beaches, prevent plastic pollution at its source, and support communities in tackling ocean plastic at a local to national scale by making a donation today.
Your donation will directly contribute to:
- Marine debris clean-ups across Australia
- AMDI Database, providing evidence for action
- Stop waste at its source, before it reaches the ocean
- Prevention of microplastics leaks from industry polluters
- Ghost net recovery and recycling
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MARINE DEBRIS IMPACT
Volunteers, organisations and community groups from around the country join forces to find practical solutions to reducing ocean plastics.
We coordinate the Australian Marine Debris Initiative (AMDI), an on-ground network of volunteers, communities, organisations and agencies around the country. The AMDI Network monitors marine debris and its impacts in their local areas, contributing to the AMDI Database, which provides vital evidence to combat the ocean plastic crisis on regional, national and international scales.
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Get Involved
Check out our calendar of events for volunteering opportunities and community beach clean-ups.
27 September 2026
Under the Bridge – Birrarung Spring Clean Supreme
Westgate Punt Ferry Service, 179 Lorimer St, Port Melbourne VIC 3207
01 October 2026
Great Barrier Reef Clean-up 2026 Launch: Pallarenda Beach Clean-up! (Townsville, QLD)
Walter Nisbet Park, Pallarenda Beach
04 October 2026
ReefClean: Kennedy Bay Beach Clean-up
Kennedy Esplanade, South Mission Beach QLD 4852
07 October 2026
ReefClean: Facing Island Monitoring Clean-up
Curtis Ferry Services Terminal, 215 Alf Orourke Dr, Callemondah, QLD, 4680, Australia
07 October 2026
ReefClean: Baku (Cape Kimberley) Community Clean-up, Daintree, QLD
Cape Kimberley Rd, Kimberley, QLD 4873
11 October 2026
Earthcache Day at Boulder Beach
Boulder Beach, 1 Rocky Point Road, Skennars Head NSW 2478
23 October 2026
ReefClean: Bustard Bay Beach Clean-up
LARC Tours, 1770 Marina, 535 Captain Cook Drive, Town of 1770, 535 Captain Cook Drive, Town of 1770, QLD, Australia
31 October 2026 - 01 November 2026
ReefClean: Curtis Island Community Beach Clean-Up
Curtis Ferry Services Terminal, 215 Alf Orourke Dr, Callemondah, QLD, 4680, Australia
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Our Key Partners
Tangaroa Blue Foundation is accredited by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and is also a member of the Global Partnership on Marine Litter, the premier global network for advancing solutions to reduce and eliminate marine litter in our oceans.