Izzy Ross, Author at Tangaroa Blue Foundation

Ocean Plastic Products – Credible or greenwashing? Watch the Q&A Panel Discussion

Over the last few years, a variety of products claiming to be made of “ocean plastic” or “ocean bound plastic” or “potential ocean bound plastic” have started to appear on supermarket shelves and online stores. The messaging appears to claim that we’ve solved the plastic marine pollution issue, including what to do with plastics recovered from our oceans. But misleading labelling on some products and marketing campaigns is causing consumer confusion. This Q&A panel discussion unpacks the myths, truths and

3 February 2023

Tangle Bins installed throughout Sydney

Tangle Bins have been installed in NSW as part of our ‘Look After Your Tackle’ Source Reduction Plan (SRP) which aims to help educate recreational fishers about the scale and impact of fishing litter in our waterways. A huge shoutout must go to Pablo Bolomey from Underwater Research Group of NSW who has helped get 6 of these bins installed around Sydney. These bins are being serviced weekly by some amazing volunteers and aim to prevent fishing lines, lures, hooks,

1 February 2023

Ocean Plastic Products – are they credible or just greenwashing?

Tangaroa Blue as an organisation has been receiving lots of enquiries as to the credibility of products claiming to be made from ocean plastic. Today, with help from the Environmental Defenders Office, we have submitted a complaint about misleading ocean plastic labelling to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). To assist consumers and AMDI partner organisations in reviewing their own understanding of this issue, we are holding a Q&A panel session with experts from the plastic industry, the Environmental Defenders Office

23 January 2023

Busting Ghost Nets Haunting the Great Barrier Reef

World first program that uses retrieved and repurposed satellite technology to track and remove deadly and destructive ghost nets With giant ghost nets wreaking havoc on marine life and corals around the Great Barrier Reef, marine debris charity Tangaroa Blue Foundation has taken to the sky by partnering with international technology company Satlink to launch a world first program which uses satellite technology to tag and track ghost nets while retrieval teams are mobilised to remove them. Satlink’s “Project ReCon”

13 December 2022

Jack Johnson Non-Profit Partner

We were incredibly excited to team up with Jack Johnson on his Meet the Moonlight Tour of Australia and New Zealand as an All At Once Non-Profit Partner. We set up stalls at his concerts in Western Australia, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne and had a great time chatting with everyone about marine debris, the importance of scientific data, how that can be used to inform policy and our source reduction plans. A beach clean-up was also organised at Whiting Beach,

12 December 2022

14-Day Voyage to Clean-up Coral Sea

The team comprising of the GMY Rangers, Tangaroa Blue, Blue Planet Marine and Parks Australia staff departed for the Coral Sea aboard R.V Infamis in November. The purpose of the 14-day voyage was to collect, remove and analyse marine debris accumulated in the Diamond Islets and Lihou Reef within the Coral Sea Marine Park (CSMP) and assist in restoring the islands of the Park to their natural state. The marine debris collected on the trip has now been recorded and

9 December 2022

Sustainable Bubble Tea Project Successfully Implemented in Melbourne

Over the past weeks, Project Coordinator Jane has been visiting bubble tea stores to deliver free posters and chat with store managers about the Sustainable Bubble Tea Initiative. This initiative is a Source Reduction Plan (SRP) being implemented by Tangaroa Blue across Melbourne, initially focusing on the cities of Melbourne, Maribyrnong, and Greater Dandenong areas. We have worked closely with @kinoicollection to develop educational resources in English, Chinese and Vietnamese that aim to inform bubble tea customers and staff on

21 November 2022

10 Years Supporting Bay Ok Day

Tangaroa Blue Foundation was recently recognised as one of three organisations to have provided 10 consecutive years of support to Dunsborough Primary School’s annual Bay Ok Day. This wonderful event that is enjoyed by up to 700 students on the beautiful shores of Old Dunsborough in WA’s South West is a favourite on the school activity calendar. Bay Ok Day is a celebration of living in the Geographe Bay Catchment and an opportunity for the kids to learn about the

14 November 2022

13-year run for the Darwin Harbour Clean-up

The annual Darwin Harbour Clean-up occurred in October for the 13th year, successfully removing 1.78 tonnes of debris from the harbour. A total of 17 sites around the harbour were thoroughly cleaned from the Wagait Beach to Casuarina, with the Larrakia Nation Rangers playing an integral part in the organisation of the event and overseeing the many groups cleaning on these sites. Tangaroa Blue Foundation supported the Larrakia Nation Rangers with the data collection and the results showed that our

3 November 2022

Great Barrier Reef Clean-up at Cape Palmerston

2 huge days, 23 volunteers, 10km covered along the beautiful Cape Palmerston Beach and 840kg of harmful debris was removed for this Great Barrier Reef Clean-up event. What a community!!!! After a report some months ago from young local, Cody McArdle regarding the amount of debris washed up on the beach at Cape Palmerston, Tangaroa Blue partnered with the team at Daly Bay to host a clean up. It wasn’t long before local family business people from Central QLD Consultants

26 October 2022

Author: Izzy Ross