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 AustralianSuper beach clean (their fourth 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!

Following strong southerly winds earlier this week, this morning 9 volunteers spent an hour picking up litter from New Beach in Port Melbourne.  Although the beach appeared clean to them from nearby Princes Pier, just over 900 pieces were removed and counted.  The majority were fragments: 307 hard small plastic, 122 soft small plastic and 60 microplastics.  Once the team knew what nurdles were, they also removed 175 of them from the beach.  Thanks for a great effort!!

Blue skies greeted the team from Unisys this morning at New Beach in Port Melbourne.  Upon arrival everyone wondered how we would keep busy for an hour cleaning what appeared to be a clean beach.  It didn't take long for them to realise how many small pieces of plastic were on the sand.  In the hour, a total of 1640 pieces were collected and audited.  The big 'offenders' were small hard plastic fragments (407 pieces), small soft plastic fragments (329 pieces) as well as 154 pieces of polystyrene.  Thanks for the great team effort!!