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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.
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...
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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
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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
23 Dec
2024
2024
The importance of sampling frequency for beach litter surveys
Ross
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Dec 23,
2024 01:24
The frequency of sampling intervals for the estimation of the amount of litter washing on to beaches is a critical factor. It is time intensive and thus expensive to do high frequency sampling.&...
07 Jan
2024
2024
2023 BeachPatrol & Love Our Street highlights
Simon Gaites
posted on
Jan 07,
2024 11:04
What a year! Our 2023 clean up data is in 📢
Last year our volunteer groups spent almost 9,800 hours cleaning Victoria's beaches, streets and open spaces. The marine animals have a better chance...
30 Aug
2023
2023
Sandringham LOS praised in Parliament.
Simon Gaites
posted on
Aug 30,
2023 07:47
3191 Love our Street has been praised in Parliament for its monthly clean-up of streets in Sandringham, by local member Brad Rowswell MP.
11 Jun
2023
2023
Young beach patrol leader wins Bayside award
Simon Gaites
posted on
Jun 11,
2023 04:30
Meet Milla.
Milla is a member of 3186 Beach Patrol in Brighton. We're delighted that Milla was recognised at the 2023 Bayside Youth Awards ceemony held at Sandringham...