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Engaging community, industry and government to reduce plastic resin pellets flowing into Port Phillip Bay

During July 2018 to June 2020, Tangaroa Blue Foundation staff conducted surveys of plastic resin pellet (PRP) ratings at various points between plastics industry facilities and Port Phillip Bay in Victoria as part of the Operation Clean Sweep® program. These surveys built a picture of pellet loss from point sources at plastics industry facilities across seventeen local council areas, through the environment and into the bay. An initiative of Tangaroa Blue Foundation, this project was made possible through the support

9 December 2021

Bretts Wharf, Hamilton, Brisbane City site clean-up

Located on the Northern side of the Brisbane River, Bretts Wharf serves the Brisbane suburb of Hamilton. A 150m stretch of river bank was cleaned up by Tangaroa Blue Foundation staff in June 2020 over a 5-day period at low tide, for 1.5 hours each day. The team collected close to 4,000 items with all rubbish collected recorded according to material type and density. The site was then re-examined a few days after the clean-ups to assess the volume of

9 December 2021

NSW – Shipping container debris washes ashore

Eurobodalla Shire Council Media Alert Southeast swells have brought more than crashing waves to Eurobodalla’s coastline, as takeaway containers and facemasks wash onto the shire’s beaches. Eurobodalla Council’s manager of environmental services Deb Lenson said these were the first deposits to reach Eurobodalla following a shipping container spill in May. “The APL England lost 50 shipping containers into the sea while en route to Melbourne,” Ms. Lenson said. The Tangaroa Blue Foundation has been tracking the spilled debris since the

9 December 2021

Let’s Strain the Drains in Melbourne

A Victorian first, the Let’s Strain the Drains project targeted upstream sources of pollutants by installing and monitoring 120 at-source litter traps in the stormwater infrastructure of six metropolitan councils around Port Phillip Bay. Being a significant transport pathway for pollutants, stormwater is a key piece of the marine debris puzzle as it acts as an outflow point for litter in urban runoff. Monitoring work took place from November 2019 to May 2020 and involved six community audit events where

9 December 2021

The Impossible Float – Poem

I was moulded in a kiln by man in a factory by hand the silica mined from sand The heat I’m moulded to take my very shape, to float upon the the waves and bound by my rope. Ah my rope my protector we float together upon the waves working as one to stay afloat. My purpose to float I will do for man to be thrown and fetched by hand for the catch for another man. I am not

9 December 2021

Vietnamese Debris Links to Illegal Fishing Vessels

Tangaroa Blue Foundation provided information to both the Northern Australian Quarantine strategy and the Australian Border Force (ABF) after hundreds of Vietnamese water bottles were documented during the 2016 Australian Marine Debris Initiative (AMDI) events in Cape York. As part of Australian Marine Debris Initiative (AMDI), volunteers not only record how many of each item has been found during beach/river clean-ups, but also any brand and barcode information that might be on the item to help track it back

9 December 2021

AMDI Spotlight – Ekipa Tasi Mos Atauro

We would love to shine a light on one of our International AMDI Partners – Ekipa Tasi Mos Atauro. In 2016, Ekipa Tasi Mos was founded when a group of volunteers and staff from Barry’s Eco Lodge and Blue Ventures established regular beach clean-ups in Atauro, Timor Leste. To remove debris from their local marine environment and record their findings in the AMDI Database. To assist the community in reducing single-use plastics. To build a community recycling plant. To

9 December 2021

Thank you Clean4Shore!

We recently announced that we reached the milestone of 15 million items being recorded in the Australian Marine Debris Initiative Database, and we could not have done it without our amazing partner Clean4Shore!

9 December 2021

Pledges Help Stop Cotton Bud Marine Pollution

Better Buds is a community group founded in Warrnambool, Victoria. Their goal is to ban all plastic stem cotton buds in Australia, and they hope to achieve that through their Better Buds Campaign. According to their site, the plastic stems of cotton buds are often flushed down the toilet, where they enter the marine environment through sewage ocean outfalls. Over the last two years, Warrnambool volunteers have collected over 20,000 of them.

9 December 2021

Youth Ambassadors on Stradbroke Island

Youth Ambassadors – It’s Our Turn to Change the Tide! South Stradbroke Island – Marine Debris Project by Charlie-Jane Hamblyn and Zara McConachy South Stradbroke Island is a destination for tourists and locals alike. Located on the South East coast of Queensland within the Moreton Bay Region (Quandamooka Country), this beautiful and unique island ecosystem has fallen victim to a devastating and increasing marine debris problem. Earlier this year, Cyclone Oma caused severe weather that resulted in parts of

9 December 2021

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