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Cleanest, Safest Beaches Possible
The BeachPatrol vision is for all beach users to enjoy a clean and safe beach to ensure the safety of our volunteers while removing litter.
15 Nov
2025
2025
Tethered Bottle Tops Problem in the USA
Ross
posted on
Nov 15,
2025 03:32
Plastic lids on plastic bottles are one of the most highly littered items. They are too easily thrown away when it is good quality material for recycling. Tethering the tops to the bottles...
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26 Oct
2025
2025
Let’s Talk Trash: The Soy Sauce Fish
Simon Gaites
posted on
Oct 26,
2025 03:39
Used for seconds. Here for centuries.
The first takeaway sushi restaurant opened in Melbourne in 1995. Since then, single-use soy sauce fish have become a familiar sight — and an all-too-comm...
14 Sep
2025
2025
12 Jul
2025
2025
Australia’s plastic pellet counts among the highest. A wake-up call for national coordination
Simon Gaites
posted on
Jul 12,
2025 00:31
The first-ever International Plastic Pellet Count united over 1,000 volunteers from 14 countries to tackle plastic pellet pollution on beaches worldwide
26 May
2025
2025
Data makes the difference: How one woman’s fight is turning the tide
Simon Gaites
posted on
May 26,
2025 09:36
Victorian eco-warrior Colleen Hughson is proving that data — and determination — can clean up our oceans
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11 Apr
2025
2025
Sandringham groups recognised with community award
Simon Gaites
posted on
Apr 11,
2025 04:54
It was time to celebrate in Sandringham in March, as 3191 BeachPatrol and Love our Street were announced as winners of the 2025 Bayside Community award for Environmental Achievement.