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2024 ReefClean® Report Out Now: Communities Uniting for the Reef

Reef Catchment Communities Unite to Remove 11 Tonnes of Marine Debris The 2024 ReefClean® Report is here, and it shines a spotlight on the incredible work of our ReefClean community, partners, and team over the past year. Together, we ran 222 clean-up events — including marine debris monitoring and disaster response activities — alongside 11 educational workshops and 11 new source reduction initiatives. Pictured: Volunteers sorting debris at a remote clean-up at Chilli Beach. Diving into the Data This year’s

17 April 2025

Clorox ordered to pay $8.25m in penalties for misleading ‘ocean plastic’ claims after Tangaroa Blue Complaint

Tangaroa Blue Foundation and the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) are celebrating a major campaign win against greenwashing. Following their complaint, the ACCC has successfully taken action against Clorox, the parent company of GLAD, for making false and misleading claims about “ocean plastic” in their products. Clorox has now been ordered to pay $8.25 million in penalties for marketing GLAD kitchen and garbage bags as being made from recycled “ocean plastic” – a claim that simply isn’t possible. Plastics collected from the marine environment are

14 April 2025

CSIRO says plastic pollution on Australian beaches has dropped by a third—but has it really? 

CSIRO says plastic pollution on Australian beaches has dropped by a third—but has it really?  The staggering 29% drop, announced recently by CSIRO, is based on just two surveys taken a decade apart, often sampled from different sites. That’s like scooping water from a muddy creek once and then comparing that with water from a beach 10 years later. Concluding that the water is now cleaner ignores that you sampled different spots under different circumstances. Infrequent sampling, especially if earlier

4 April 2025