Sunny skies and light southerlies greeted 13 volunteers at New Beach this morning for a full audit beach clean.  In 70 minutes, just over 4000 pieces of mainly plastic litter had been removed (4039 to be exact).  The team found the amount of plastic washing in as we were conducting the clean quite confronting, noting from their start point on Princes Pier the beach looked very clean.  As is often the case, a large amount of litter was found on the tideline amongst the seaweed and leaves.  This included 1442 hard plastic pieces, 1030 soft plastic pieces and 144 bottle tops.  Many thanks to this keen group for their time and efforts!  

Eight volunteers were greeted with sunshine and light winds this morning for their clean of New Beach.  A full audit was conducted and in an hour, the group had recorded 1616 pieces of rubbish.  The top three items were 440 small soft plastic pieces, followed by 330 food wrappers and 300 small hard pieces of plastic.  The majority of the items were collected from the tideline, indicating they had washed in from elsewhere.  Big thanks to the keen volunteers for leaving the beach cleaner than they found it! 

The Warrnambool Breakwater benefitted from a fantastic clean by Saputo today.  Big thanks to the 33 volunteers who spent 3 hours collecting and auditing litter.  A total of 96 kg, 6831 pieces were removed, including 3000 cigarette butts, 2336 pieces of soft plastic, 575 food wrappers and 258 fishing items. A wonderful team effort!  8

On the warmest day of the year so far, 7 colleagues from Jost & Co braved the sun to clean up at Elwood Beach. The team removed 4 kilograms of litter. Their top 5 items were:

100+ Microplastics, 49 Polystyrene, 23 Bottle Tops, 21 Lollipop Sticks, 15 Sauce Packets (all Soy Sauce Fish). Thank you to the team for a job well done!

Mentone Beach Patrol hosted a corporate clean with the staff from Niterra Australia. We were grateful to have 9 volunteers help us look after Mentone Beach and help protect the marine the environment. All up the Niterra staff collected 9 bags of rubbish weighing 25.6kgs, including 57 bottles and cans. Thanks for your help Niterra!

A wonderful group of eight volunteers helped to clean New Beach near Princes Pier today.  A full audit of the litter collected was conducted during the clean and although the litter didn't weigh much, 1260 pieces were removed. The top 'culprits' were small soft and small hard pieces of plastic along with food wrappers.  A very well spent hour.  Thank you Substance!

The first group of volunteers, 22 of them, from QIC helped to clean New Beach in Port Melbourne today.   As is commonly the case, the group wondered what would keep them busy for an hour as the beach looked very clean from Princes Pier.  It didn't take long for them to realise how much plastic can be found on a 'clean beach.'  In an hour, 3680 pieces were collected and removed, leaving it that bit cleaner for our wildlife.  Top items removed were both soft and hard fragments of plastic which had washed in on the tideline.  A big thank you to the group for their efforts! 

The second group of volunteers, 10 of them, helped clean St Kilda Beach on Tuesday 19 Nov afternoon and collected 11kg in 75 minutes!  Topping their collection also were both soft and hard fragments of plastic as well as cigarette butts.  A total of 729 pieces were removed, making the area safer and cleaner.  Another big thank you to the group for their efforts!

A brilliant group of 26 colleagues from Macquarie cleaned up New Beach in Port Melbourne. The team managed to collect 26 kilos of waste from what looked like a very clean beach! Amongst the piles of rubbish were thousands of plastic items - including 174 bottle tops, 1001 hard bits, 1755 soft pieces and an array of single use plastics. The team also retrieved 10 cans, 4 glass bottles and 47 plastic bottles which will be recycled through Victoria's Container Deposit Scheme.

Thank you to team Macquarie!

Cloudy skies and southerly winds greeted seven volunteers (& 2 dogs) last Friday morning, but didn't deter them from doing a full audit as they picked up litter from a Port Melbourne dog beach. Everyone commented at the end of the clean they thought the beach was 'very clean' at the start and so were amazed 803 pieces of litter were removed.  Thanks to the team for their efforts and making the beach safer for wildlife and the dogs who frequent it as well. 

A team of 10 volunteers from Aesop did a great job cleaning up St Kilda Beach. The brilliant team removed 5 kilograms of litter, most of which contained plastic. Amongst the items counted were: 1 Plastic Drink Bottle, 7 Metal Drink Cans, 78 Food Wrappers, 20 Sauce Packs, 16 straws and 17 bottle tops. We're grateful that the team took time out to help protect the precious Port Philip ecosystem - especially St Kilda, home of the Little Penguins.