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AMDI Citizen Science Reveals Local Origins of Marine Debris in NSW

Citizen science reveals local origins of marine debris in NSW Photo credit: AMDI Partners, Woebegone Marine Debris Crew and Woebegone Freedive at their local clean-up. For over 20 years, everyday people, businesses and organisations have been participating in beach clean-ups and contributing data to the Australian Marine Debris Initiative (AMDI) Database. Researchers at UNSW have now used this data to inform oceanographic models that tracked plastic along the NSW coastline back to their most likely source.  New research published in

7 February 2025

Hooked on Sustainability: Rig Recycle’s Youth Ambassador Guy Lambert Shares Highlights from King of Kings

Rig Recycle Ambassador Guy Lambert gives us the rundown of Shimano King of Kings fishing tournament in Yeppoon. Rig Recycle Youth Ambassador GUY LAMBERT I’ve just returned from an amazing adventure.  From 31 January to 3 February 2025, I attended the Shimano King of Kings fishing tournament in the Central Queensland town of Yeppoon.  Our team was made up of Bodhi and me (Rig Recycle Youth Ambassadors), my dad, and Tangaroa Blue team members Aaron and Ian. We took to the

5 February 2025

The Hunt is On For Microplastic Pollution

The hunt is on for microplastics in Operation Clean Sweep’s Nurdle Hunt 2024 Last week, Tangaroa Blue Foundation held the annual Operation Clean Sweep Great Nurdle Hunts in Sydney and Melbourne, jointly organised with the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA), Chemistry Australia, Dow Chemical and Viva Energy. Sydney’s event was held at Plane Spotters Beach in Botany, with 26 plastic industry representatives, NSW EPA officers, NSW DCCEEW officers and Chemistry Australia, assessing the extent of plastic feedstock pollution and removing

16 December 2024

Wasted Space – Tangaroa Blue presents innovative paper at INC-5 Global Plastic Treaty negotiations

Last week, delegates from around the world came together at the INC-5 Global Plastic Treaty negotiations in Busan, Republic of Korea. Tangaroa Blue’s Bella Charlesworth was on the ground in Busan, following the action. Much anticipation surrounded these important (and supposedly final) negotiations, with the goal of agreeing on a Global Plastic Treaty by the end of the event.   Although disappointingly, the negotiations ended without an agreed-upon treaty ( and another round of the talks was set for next

4 December 2024

Volunteers cleared a mighty 7.3 tonnes of marine debris from the coastline for the 20th anniversary WA Beach Clean-up!

Over 2000 volunteers came together across 143 events for Tangaroa Blue Foundation’s 20th anniversary WA Beach Clean-up. During October, community groups, schools, businesses and individuals cleaned up more than 159 km of the coast!  The 7.3 tonnes of marine debris removed from the coastline makes a significant contribution to protecting WA’s marine environment. The data from these clean-ups contribute to two decades of marine debris data captured in the Australian Marine Debris Initiative (AMDI) Database. This national repository, supported by

28 November 2024

Volunteers Remove 49,000 Pieces of Marine Debris in the 2024 Great Barrier Reef Clean-up!

The 2024 Great Barrier Reef Clean-up, hosted by ReefClean (delivered by Tangaroa Blue Foundation and funded by the Australian Government) in partnership with Clean Up Australia, brought communities across the Great Barrier Reef region and Queensland together for 141 impactful clean-up events.   “The Great Barrier Reef Clean-up offers a fantastic chance for our community to come together and clean their favourite sections of the Reef before the wet season begins. It also plays a crucial role in gathering essential

26 November 2024

ReefClean Program Extended to 2027!

The DCCEEW announced that Tangaroa Blue Foundation, along with ReefClean partners, were successful in the competitive Great Barrier Reef Marine Debris Management and Mitigation Grant opportunity. Marine debris has been identified as a significant risk to the Great Barrier Reef’s ecosystem and is considered a key threat to the Reef region’s values. “Tangaroa Blue led the ReefClean program from 2018 – 2023 removing more than 127 tonnes of marine debris from between the Torres Strait and Bundaberg and tens of

23 February 2024

Success at the CCWA Community Conservation Awards

The dedication and hard work of Tangaroa Blue Foundation’s Western Australia team were proudly showcased at the Conservation Council of WA’s annual Community Conservation Awards ceremony, held at the Kidogo Arthouse in Fremantle.

16 December 2023

Victory at Keep Australia Beautiful VIC Awards

We are delighted to announce our recent success at the 41st Keep Australia Beautiful Victoria Tidy Towns & Cities Sustainability Awards. We were honoured to win the Litter Category award with our Let’s Strain the Drains project!

9 November 2023

Reviving Chili Beach: Community Clean-up Efforts

Chili Beach is located about 700km north of Cairns, within the Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park. It is a place of incredible cultural significance and biodiversity, and is full of diverse wildlife, amazing landscapes, and gorgeous sunrises. The park is also of international significance as it contains the largest remaining area of lowland rainforest in Australia. However, unfortunately the beaches are heavily impacted by marine debris from locations far and wide.

3 November 2023
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