Heidi, Author at Tangaroa Blue Foundation

Tackling Bait Bags and Light Sticks

Tangaroa Blue Foundation has been working with Oceanwatch Australia to develop two Source Reduction Plans focused on fishing-related bait bags and professional fishing-related light sticks as part of the ReefClean Program. Both projects have been designed through conducting a source analysis approach rather than working from a littering reduction perspective. This approach was used to allow for the adoption of new innovations which can work alongside traditional behaviour change mechanisms to do the right thing reducing the incidence of bait

14 August 2021

BCF To Tackle Fishing Waste With New Rig Recycle Bins

In an Australian first, it is now possible to recycle your unwanted fishing tackle at a select number of BCF – Boating, Camping, Fishing stores through a new recycling pilot launched today. Fishing conservation charity OzFish Unlimited in partnership with Tangaroa Blue Foundation are launching the program together with BCF who are opening their doors for recreational fishers to bring in their old, unwanted or recovered fishing tackle and dispose of it in purpose-built Rig Recycle bins. The Rig Recycle

5 August 2021

2020 ReefClean Report: Challenging COVID to Deliver Reef-wide Success

The 2020 ReefClean Report showcases what is possible with strong partners, adaptive management and creativity! We were thrilled that all ReefClean deliverables were met even with the challenges that 2020 presented. In 2020, 15.5 tonnes of marine debris was removed from the environment across all Great Barrier Reef Natural Resource Management regions from the Torres Strait to the Burnett Mary. Not surprisingly, the total number of volunteers involved in clean-up events decreased by approximately 19% from 2,200 volunteers in 2019

6 July 2021

2020 Tangaroa Blue Foundation AGM OCT 24

5 October 2020

Tackling the tackle in Frankston

Tackle the Tackle is a community project managed by 3199 Beach Patrol,aiming to reduce fishing tackle litter,following a source reduction plan workshop hosted by Tangaroa Blue and Frankston City Council. Beach Patrol has removed 19 kg (195 items) of fishing tackle from the Oliver’s Hill boat ramp area in one year. Council installed first Seal the Loop bin for fishers to dispose of tackle responsibly. 3199 Beach Patrol teamed up with Fishcare Victoria to celebrate the ‘binstallation’ with an educational

23 April 2019

Zero Plastics by mid-2020

Great news! Single-use plastics will no longer be issued from Victoria’s Bayside Council’s

23 April 2019

Rubbish Art 2019

Every year during the Wadeye Festival the Thamarrurr Rangers host a rubbish art competition. This year we had great entries yet again with participants from the School, Rangers and CDP. Great prizes were donated, including a washing machine from ENI (gas plant), and vouchers donated by Murrinhpatha Store, TDC Village and TDC Nursery. We would like to congratulate all participants and thank all the businesses who donated prizes.

13 March 2019

Container Deposit Scheme

The Container Refund Scheme is now in effect in Queensland and TBF is accepting your donations.

13 March 2019

2019 Nurdle Hunt Success!

Representatives from across the chemistry industry and supply chain showed up in force to support Operation Clean Sweep’s Great Port Phillip Bay Nurdle Hunt on February 8th. Employees from LyondellBasell, Qenos, Covestro, BASF, Chemistry Australia, FBT Transwest and Qube pitched in alongside Tangaroa Blue Foundation, Westgate Biodiversity, Victorian EPA, Sustainability Victoria, local students and community volunteers to scour the banks of the Yarra River beneath the Westgate Bridge for plastic resin pellet (nurdle) waste. The hunt, which ran

13 March 2019

$5M to tackle debris

Tangaroa Blue Foundation and Conservation Volunteers Australia are excited to announce that we have been engaged by the Australian Government to deliver a $5 million program of local actions to clean-up and prevent litter from entering Great Barrier Reef waterways over the next five years. Tangaroa Blue Foundation is a leading not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the removal and prevention of marine debris. In 2004, Tangaroa Blue Foundation established the Australian Marine Debris Initiative which has a network of over 1,000

30 October 2018

Author: Heidi