A perfect morning for a beach clean in Mornington with seven terrific Corporate Volunteers from Gorilla Glue. The team recorded over 460 plastic items including over 200 cigarette butts (right near a seabird roosting site), 52 pieces of polystyrene, nearly 200 hard and soft plastic fragments, 37 food wrappers and 19 building waste items. The plastic fragments prove the point that plastic breaks up, into ever-smaller pieces and microplastics; it doesn't break down. 

Also collected were hair ties, socks and other clothing,  a shoe and a vape, as well as non-plastic rubbish. 

The seal on the boat ramp and other local wildlife will be safer now. Thank you Gorilla Glue. 💙🐬🐧🐟🙏

Twenty two volunteers helped clean Pertobe Road this morning, conducting a full audit of the litter.. A total of 1586 pieces were collected, including 750 cigarette butts, 260 food wrappers and 120 bottle tops.  Many thanks to the team for their efforts!

New Beach received lots of attention this morning with a fantastic group of 17 volunteers cleaning up from the tideline to the footpath, and from rock groyne to rock groyne!  In just over an hour, they removed/counted 2355 items including 559 small soft plastic pieces, 410 small hard plastic pieces as well as 298 food wrappers and 220 nurdles.  Over 100 bottle tops (106 to be exact) were removed as well.  Your team efforts are much appreciated!

A cloudy morning with showers didn't deter 9 volunteers from doing their bit to help clean New Beach in Port Melbourne this morning!  A total of 1173 pieces of litter were removed in an hour including 559 hard plastic fragments,194 soft plastic fragments, 47 microplastics, 23 nurdles and 63 bottle tops.

Getting all of these items off the beach helps to keep our wildlife safer as many of these items can be mistaken for food by our seabirds and marine life.

Big THANKS again to the team from Teletrac Navman!

An eager group of 30 volunteers helped to clean 2 of the Port Melbourne beaches (on either side of the local yacht club) for their afternoon volunteer effort.  The group picked up lots of small pieces as well as larger items along the fence line, tideline and in nearby carparks. A total of 25 drink containers and 38 bottle tops were collected.  Thanks to the team for helping clean our beaches and protect our wildlife!

This afternoon New Beach was the spot for 11 volunteers who wanted to help with a beach clean as their volunteer activity.  A full audit was done during the clean and a total of 1550 pieces of litter was removed, including 485 hard small plastic fragments, 144 nurdles, 167 soft small plastic fragments and 41 bottle tops.  Everyone in the group was amazed at how much plastic was on the beach when from Princes Pier it looked completely clean.  Many thanks to all for helping keep this litter from potentially harming our seabirds and marine life. 

A sunny morning greeted 6 enthusiastic volunteers who came out to help clean a portion of the big Port Melbourne beach this morning.  In an hour this group collected just over a thousand pieces of litter, 1035 to be exact.  Small hard plastic fragments topped the list (342) followed by 122 food wrappers.  Although the litter didn't weigh much, the impact was huge as these small items are no longer a threat to our wildlife.  Thank you for your efforts!

Many thanks to the 21 volunteers who collected 1388 items and conducted a full audit.  Top offenders included 625 small soft plastic fragments, 300 cigarette butts adn 117 food wrappers.  Great to have the team out to help clean our beaches for a second time!  

New Beach near Princes Pier was the spot for another Australian Super beach clean (their four with us!).  Many thanks to the 28 keen volunteers who spent their time removing litter and recording the type of litter collected.  From the starting spot at Princes Pier, the beach looked perfectly clean, but it didn't take long for that view to change.  After 70 minutes, a total of 2883 items were removed and hence no longer a potential threat to our wildlife.  Thanks again for another great effort!!

Thanks to the 10 volunteers for helping clean Elwood Beach this morning.  They collected 15kg of litter including 33 drink containers (CDS), 14 coffee cups/lids, 11 straws and over 50 bottle tops!  What a great effort from the team!!