A cloudy morning with showers didn't deter 9 volunteers from doing their bit to help clean New Beach in Port Melbourne this morning!  A total of 1173 pieces of litter were removed in an hour including 559 hard plastic fragments,194 soft plastic fragments, 47 microplastics, 23 nurdles and 63 bottle tops.

Getting all of these items off the beach helps to keep our wildlife safer as many of these items can be mistaken for food by our seabirds and marine life.

Big THANKS again to the team from Teletrac Navman!

An eager group of 30 volunteers helped to clean 2 of the Port Melbourne beaches (on either side of the local yacht club) for their afternoon volunteer effort.  The group picked up lots of small pieces as well as larger items along the fence line, tideline and in nearby carparks. A total of 25 drink containers and 38 bottle tops were collected.  Thanks to the team for helping clean our beaches and protect our wildlife!

This afternoon New Beach was the spot for 11 volunteers who wanted to help with a beach clean as their volunteer activity.  A full audit was done during the clean and a total of 1550 pieces of litter was removed, including 485 hard small plastic fragments, 144 nurdles, 167 soft small plastic fragments and 41 bottle tops.  Everyone in the group was amazed at how much plastic was on the beach when from Princes Pier it looked completely clean.  Many thanks to all for helping keep this litter from potentially harming our seabirds and marine life. 

A sunny morning greeted 6 enthusiastic volunteers who came out to help clean a portion of the big Port Melbourne beach this morning.  In an hour this group collected just over a thousand pieces of litter, 1035 to be exact.  Small hard plastic fragments topped the list (342) followed by 122 food wrappers.  Although the litter didn't weigh much, the impact was huge as these small items are no longer a threat to our wildlife.  Thank you for your efforts!

Many thanks to the 21 volunteers who collected 1388 items and conducted a full audit.  Top offenders included 625 small soft plastic fragments, 300 cigarette butts adn 117 food wrappers.  Great to have the team out to help clean our beaches for a second time!  

New Beach near Princes Pier was the spot for another Australian Super beach clean (their four with us!).  Many thanks to the 28 keen volunteers who spent their time removing litter and recording the type of litter collected.  From the starting spot at Princes Pier, the beach looked perfectly clean, but it didn't take long for that view to change.  After 70 minutes, a total of 2883 items were removed and hence no longer a potential threat to our wildlife.  Thanks again for another great effort!!

Thanks to the 10 volunteers for helping clean Elwood Beach this morning.  They collected 15kg of litter including 33 drink containers (CDS), 14 coffee cups/lids, 11 straws and over 50 bottle tops!  What a great effort from the team!! 

The sun was shining in Sandringham for the team of 8 volunteers from SGS. In just over an hour the team removed 11kg of litter, and counted over 968 pieces of plastic. This included 98 loose bottle caps which should be tethered. Well done to the brilliant team! 

A small but productive team of 5 volunteers from SPACE Furniture in Richmond collected just over 1500 pieces of litter from the Port Melbourne beach near the Station Pier end.  Lots of items were picked up after the high winds and southerly waves washed debris onto the beach, including 450 food wrappers, 364 small hard fragments, 238 microplastics and 139 nurdles.  The team were surprised to learn this litter had been washed in, not directly left on this beach.  Big thank you for your efforts!

New Beach had some extra care this morning as nine volunteers from the digital and marketing group spent just over an hour picking up litter. Top offenders were small fragments of both hard (874) & soft (556) plastic.  They also counted 182 food wrappers and 91 bottle tops.  The seagulls expressed their appreciation.  Thanks again Uni Melbourne!