A small and effective team spent an hour on Mordialloc beach and conducted a partial audit this morning.  They recorded 3kg of litter including 100 food wrappers, 70 nurdles and 45 cigarette butts.  Many thanks for your efforts!

The beaches both sides of Kerferd Rd Pier were treated to some extra cleaning today by 23 students and 6 teachers.  They conducted a full audit and collected/counted 977 pieces of litter.  Top offenders included 415 nurdles, 158 small hard plastic fragments and 113 cigarette butts.

Many thanks to the team for giving 35 minutes of their school day to help clean our beaches and protect our wildlife.  

Special thanks to the year 7 sustainability club for helping with a beach clean this morning.  A total of 15 students and 2 teachers spent 40 minutes cleaning a Hampton beach and removed 6kg of litter.  It was noted this looked like a 'clean beach' at the start.  Some of the items removed included 250 soft plastic pieces, 60 hard plastic pieces, 18 pieces of polystyrene and 24 bottle tops.  Thanks for your efforts!

A total of 776 items of litter were picked up during a 45 minute full audit clean at St Kilda Beach. Some of the offenders included 500 cigarette butts, 127 fragments of soft plastics and 19 bottle tops.  Great to have these students participate in a beach clean for their project!  Our seabirds and marine life appreciate their efforts as well. 

Hampton Beach near Green Point was happy to have a group of 22 students conduct a full audit and clean today.  A total of 771 items were counted including 600 soft plastic fragments and 80 hard plastic fragments.  Many thanks to the group for their efforts in helping to protect our wildlife from this potentially harmful plastic.

Students from grade 4 made their way to Princes Pier to help clean New Beach this morning. What a difference they made in only 30 minutes, removing 7 drink containers, nurdles and microplastics as well as larger pieces of litter.  Their efforts nearly filled 1/3 of the 240L rubbish bin.  Thanks for helping to clean our beaches! 

Thank you to the 5 volunteers who helped clean St Kilda beach and did a partial audit, counting 335 items.  This included 50 cigarette butts, 35 bottle tops and 15 CDS (Container Deposit Scheme) drink containers.  Your efforts are appreciated!

BeachPatrol 3207 was delighted to spend time with kinder 3 year olds and preschool 4 year olds on a visit to Sandridge Beach.  The two groups spent about 30 minutes each collecting plastic pieces of rubbish, including nurdles during their Beach Discovery session this morning.  A great team effort by all involved.  Thanks for helping to make our beaches safer for our seabirds and wildlife!!

Windy day!  Thanks to the 33 students who collected 8kg of litter in an hour from clean looking Elwood Beach this Monday morning.   We found lots lots lots of little bits! As well, the team collected 5 glass bottles, 18 plastic bottles, 16 cans and 8 coffee cups.  Great effort! 

Students from year 8 helped to clean the beaches near the Port Melbourne Life Saving Club following a presentation about plastics not only in our bay but globally in our oceans and rivers.  In the short span of 30 minutes, the students collected and categorised the litter, with a total of 398 items counted and removed.  Thanks for helping protect our seabirds and marine life!