beach clean up

On Thursday morning we got together with Clean Coast Collective & Future Dreamers to host a beach clean up in Byron Bay. These clean ups are so important to not only remove rubbish, but also to learn what types of waste are ending up in our waterways, and how we can stop them at the source by choosing environmentally friendly alternatives.

We removed 25kg of rubbish in just 45 minutes! Such a great effort for a quick clean, thank you to everyone from the community that came along.

Summary of items found:

Straws – 23

Cigarette butts – 55

Plastic Lids – 27

Plastic Bottles – 3

Plastic wrapping (soft) – 103

Plastic Bags (mostly dog poo bags) – 53

Hard Plastic pieces – 65

Toys – 2

Fishing related – 9

Rope – 3 (4 metres total)

Foam – 6

Glass – 20

Clothing – 21

Rubber – 1

Paper – 25

Aluminium Cans – 13