ReefClean Source Reduction Plan Workshop – Cairns

Join ReefClean!
The Tangaroa Blue Foundation invites you to join in on our 2019 Cairns Marine Debris Source Reduction Plan Workshop.
What is a Source Reduction Plan?
If all we do is clean up, that’s all we’ll ever do. This Source Reduction Plan workshop invites community members, local businesses, school representatives and government representatives to assist in the development of a local plan that stops litter at its source. Everyone is welcome and you don’t have to have experience in this field, just an interest in protecting our local environment and the Great Barrier Reef.
Once you have good baseline data from a clean-up site, you can use this data to create an understanding of what are the most common items being found and where they might be coming from. This enables individuals and communities to engage with all likely stakeholders and partners to create a strategy that would stop those items collected from ever entering the environment in the first place.
Using data collected in the Australian Marine Debris Initiative Database (AMDI) from local clean-ups, this workshop will identify an item that is prevalent in the region and attendees will work together to create a plan to address it.
The workshop will be held at Cairns City Library, 151 Abbott Street, Cairns, 4870 on Saturday, October 26th. The workshop goes from 9 am to 1 pm, with lunch until 2 pm.
The workshop will be signposted within the library.
Note from Council: there are construction works in the area – car-pooling, public transport or active travel is encouraged for your convenience & our climate.
To register, visit https://reefcleansrpcairns.eventbrite.com.au. For inquiries, please email info@tangaroablue.org
ReefClean is funded by the Australian Government’s Reef Trust.