BeachPatrol and Love Our Street community volunteer groups operate across 40+ postcodes in Victoria. Groups meet monthly to pick up plastic litter from local beaches, streets or parks and meet like-minded people who are passionate about preserving our environment, wildlife, marine life and ecosystems.
The groups log their data in the Litter Stopper app, which feeds into our litter collection database and the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action's LitterWatch database.
With this data, we advocate for changes that will reduce litter, raise awareness of littered beaches and streets and support local and state governments in tackling the issues.
Pieces of Plastic Picked up and Categorised
Beach and Street cleans
Since Jan 2014
3206BeachPatrol
We conduct group cleans on Middle and Albert Park beaches
3018BeachPatrol
Keeping the beautiful Altona beach litter free
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Keeping Aspendale's beaches cleaner
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Community, Environment and Wellbeing
3186BeachPatrol
Our aim is to clean Brighton's beaches known for their colourful beach huts
3197BeachPatrol
Our stunning beach inspires us all! Let's protect a unique part of the world.
3147LoveOurStreet
Community Environment and Wellbeing
3185LoveOurStreet
Love Our Street : Community caring for these great neighbourhoods
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Community taking a little time to make a big positive impact.
3162LoveOurStreet
Empowering our local community to look after our streets and the environment
3192LoveOurStreet
Passionate about a cleaner world starting in our own streets
3186LoveOurStreet
Caring for our park and wildlife
Most Common Items Collected
The river level at the Hopkins mouth has dropped exposing an abundance of mainly small plastics
We were grateful yesterday's drizzle didn't re-appear. Eleven terrific volunteers cleared 28 kg from the streets and carparks near Balaclava Station. Single-use plastic items form a large part of every clean-up. They can be replaced with reusable alternatives and by swapping wasteful take-away habits for dine-in. Key items: 37 drink bottles and cans, 39 single-use coffee cups and lids, 53 sauce sachets and fish (some not even opened, just littered), 51 plastic bottle tops, over 1400 cigarette butts, 25 plastic gloves, 3 syringes, 2 batteries, lots of synthetic wipes, shoes, a table cloth and a set of keys (the latter to be taken to the police station). This lot won't end up in Port Phillip Bay or on St Kilda Beach. 🙏🐧🐟🐬🐧🙏
