A fantastic group of 15 volunteers spent 40 minutes cleaning park and surrounding streets near Brunswick St & Gertrude St in Fitzroy despite a rain shower.  A partial audit was conducted folloiwng the clean, yielding 31 CDS-eligible drink containers as well as 26 bottle tops, 22 coffee cups/lids and 12 other cups/lids.  Amazing what a dedicated group can do in even a short amount of time!  Thank you to the lululemon team!! 

A very keen group of 31 volunteers from Macquarie spent an hour on New Beach in Port Melbourne this morning.  They were greeted by strong winds and blue skies.  A full audit was done and 4867 pieces of litter were removed.  The top offenders included nurdles x 1175, small hard plastic fragments x 926, small soft hard plastic fragments x 780 and polystyrene x 300 pieces!  Although these items don't weigh much, it is so important to remove them to prevent the possibility of ingestion by our sea birds and marine life.  This was the 5th clean organised wtih Macquarie.  Many thanks for your efforts and continuing beach cleans with BeachPatrol!

A beach clean on New Beach in Port Melbourne this morning was attended by 14 volunteers from the Essendon Fields office.  Their efforts included a full audit of litter collected with some of the items counted: 419 small hard plastic fragments, 202 large hard plastic fragments, 52 nurdles and 21 bottle tops.  Thank you for helping protect our marine life and sea birds!

Eighteen volunteers from Suncorp's Team Zero discovered that what looks like a clean beach from a distance can be deceiving.  However, after spending an hour helping to remove litter from New Beach they had made a positive difference!  They conducted a full audit adnd we all agreed more pieces were picked up than recorded as there were so many.  A total of 2251 were counted including 529 pieces of polystyrene, 317 pieces of small soft plastic fragments, 310 pieces of small hard plastic fragments and 125 food wrappers. Thanks one and all for your efforts!

We were delighted to partner with local business Keystone Underwriting. The team of 15 cleared hundreds of pieces of plastic from Sandringham beach. In total, 17kg of litter including 38 recyclables and 162 cigarette butts were removed. Thank you for your care for the marine environment!

An enthusiastic team of 9 volunteers helped clean Stony Creek backwash and conducted a partial audit of their findings.  This is a tidal area and water flows from the bay and Stony Creek. In just 45 minutes, 200 bottle tops, 13 cans, 70 plastic drink containers and 4 glass bottles were removed from this area.  Many thanks to Hellmann for this, their 2nd corporate clean with us!

A big THANKS to the 15 enthusaistic volunteers who removed and counted 2603 pieces of litter from New Beach in Port Melbourne.  We all agreed more litter was collected even though not every piece was counted.  The biggest offenders were small hard plastic pieces (530), nurdles (410), small soft plastic pieces (377) and polystyrene pieces (265).  As is often the case, the group were amazed by the amount despite the beach looking clean while looking at it from Princes Pier. Your efforts are appreciated by BeachPatrol and our marine life and sea birds!   Thanks again Stantec!!

New Beach had more attention this week as a very keen group of 12 volunteers did a beach clean along the tideline and rock groynes.  A total of 1113 pieces of plastic were audited and removed.  (Actually more were removed, but not all counted, in the hour.)  The usual culprits included 261 small hard plastic fragments, 155 small soft plastic fragments, 96 nurdles, 79 food wrappers and 46 bottle tops. The group had lunch after their efforts and it was great to see the hotel uses glass bottles for water instead of single use plastic!  Thanks for lending a helping hand for our marine life and seabirds!

A sunny morning welcomed 7 volunteers to New Beach near Princes Pier in Port Melbourne.  The team did an excellent job, removing over 1097 pieces of litter including 105 food wrappers, 60 cigarette butts and 48 bottle tops in an hour.  A bonus find was a $5 note which the group kindly donated to BeachPatrol.  Thanks for helping to clean our beaches and protect our wildlife!

Many thanks to the 11 enthusiastic volunteers who spent 45 minutes cleaning around the park and streets of Brunswick St & Gertrude St in Fitzroy.  In this time, they collected 18kg of litter including 25 bottle tops, 8 plastic drink bottles, 12 glass drink bottles and 10 cans.  Great effort in stopping this litter from reaching the stormwater drains, especiallly since rains were on the way.  Thank you to both teams for volunteering!