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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 Jun
2026
2026
Thank you from State Minister
Ross
posted on
Jun 15,
2026 09:11
A thank you note from a local minister attending the BeachPatrol 3030 beach plastic litter clean
11 Jun
2026
2026
BeachPatrol and Victoria CDS
Ross
posted on
Jun 11,
2026 00:09
The Port Phillip counciul community news letter ran this story on BeachPatrol and the CDS.
#tetheredbottlecaps, #cashforcontainers
Beach Patrol Australia are Container Deposit Scheme c...
23 May
2026
2026
Difficult to deal with litter - cream canisters
Simon Gaites
posted on
May 23,
2026 00:29
Volunteers often find large nitrous oxide canisters during clean-ups. These whipped cream canisters may look harmless once empty, but they are actually classified as hazardous pressurised co...
04 May
2026
2026
Frequency or proportion in LItter
Ross
posted on
May 04,
2026 09:36
What would you say is the most littered item? How do you decide? Is it what you see the most? What is collected the most? Or is it what keeps appearing, clean after clean, audit after audit, even afte...
03 May
2026
2026
The 500-Year Convenience: Polystyrene
Ross
posted on
May 03,
2026 03:43
Expanded polystyrene, or EPS, is light, cheap, useful and technically recyclable. It is also bulky, easily fragmented, difficult to manage once loose, and regularly found in beaches, streets, waterway...
28 Jan
2026
2026
Plastic Free Bay Report: Bay Beach Litter Audit Findings and Plastic Pellet Pollution - Supporting Evidence from Seaford BeachPatrol’s Plastic Pellet Project - Nurdle Anymore!
Simon Gaites
posted on
Jan 28,
2026 19:05
Compiled by the Port Phillip EcoCentre the report draws on extensive citizen science and identifies Seaford beaches as a plastic litter hotspot — not because it is uniquely worse, but because it...