In a remarkable show of community spirit and environmental dedication, 29 volunteers from Beach Patrol 3280-3284 collected an incredible 738 kg of rubbish from Discovery Bay in just under 2.5 hours. This achievement marks the largest amount of debris ever removed in a single clean-up event by the group.

https://www.ecovoice.com.au/massive-738kg-of-rubbish-collected-by-beach-patrol-in-landmark-clean-up-effort/

BeachPatrol had comments in the Boomerrang Allince press release on the need for thethered tops for plasric drink bottles.  #tetheredbottlecaps

https://www.packagingnews.com.au/sustainability/push-for-tethered-bottle-caps-to-reduce-waste

BeachPatrol 3208 is heading to Portland on Oct 6th to stage a beach clean to pick up plastic rubbish off Discovery Bay.  This is an annual event they perform and have about 55 volunteers involved.   Last year they removed over 500 kg of plastic.  #plasticpollution

IN a joint press release with the Boomerang Alliance, BeachPatrol is advocating for a rapid introduction of tethered caps on plastic drink bottles.  Plastic tops are a highly litered item and dangreous to wildlife.  Tethereingf them to bottles would eliminate this problem easily.

BeachPatrol 3280 organised a big clean up of the Fitxroy River mouth.   About 60 volunteers cleaned up 350 kg of plastic rubbish to stop it washing back out in to the ocean.

They ran a story on the plastic in Port Phillip Bay and called on BeachPatrol to comment on it.

The Boomerang Alliance issued a press release on the amount of plastic washing up on the Mornington beaches of Port Phillip Bay.   BeachPatrol supplied them with a comment of the situation.

‘There is too much plastic waste ending up in the Bay.  Our volunteers are picking up so much. It’s mostly single use items that are not necessary.  We (consumers, government and industry) need to be a lot more responsible,’ said Dr Ross Headifen, Co-Founder of Beach Patrol Australia.

More than 350 kilograms of rubbish was removed from the Fitzroy River Mouthnear Tyrendarra on the weekend.
About 60 volunteers answered a call from BeachPatrol 3280 to remove a large amountof debris which washed up after the wild storm
that lashed the region onSeptember 1.

https://www.standard.net.au/story/8764660/volunteers-remove-350kg-of-rubbish-from-fitzroy-river-mouth/

Big sea storms that recenlty battered the coast line have not only caused significant erosion, they have also exposed plastic pollution, beleived to have buried beneath the sand for years.

Wild weather uncovers buried rubbish on Warrnambool beaches.  Wild-weather-uncovers-massive-beach-plastic-pollution-in-city BeachPatrol co-leader Rosalind Evans with some of the plastic collected.    Wild weather that lashed Warrnambool has uncovered plastic that has been buried on city beaches.

https://www.standard.net.au/story/8761041/wild-weather-uncovers-massive-beach-plastic-pollution-in-city/