We are talking here about theĬonsequences of eating toxic fish. Health services picking up the tab and costing the taxpayer more than if We've been living at artificially low prices at theĮxpense of killing other life on earth. Is our exploitative society that is poisoning the planet, without thoughtįor the consequences. * St Helena Island Clean Up (Moreton Bay) – sees volunteers clean the island and have a quick tour through the historic ruins before returning to the mainland where we host the Moreton Bay Environmental Expo showcasing all the local environmental groups looking after our bay.įOOD SLOW DEATH - It's not just fast food, it * Green Island Clean Up (Moreton Bay) – is a regular clean up for Ocean Crusaders that sees volunteers head to the island for a morning of debris removal. We clean Orpheus and the Fantome Island, camping on the island and cleaning every day before washing off in the crystal clear waters off Yanks Jetty. * Orpheus Island (off Townsville) – Is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Debris Project run by our friends at Tangaroa Blue. * Surfrider Foundations Double Island Point Clean Up occurs twice a year and we join them as we remove debris washed up and left by campers. * Moreton Island Clean Up – This is a joint venture between many companies that run tourist activities on the island. In 2018 900 volunteers removed nearly 7 tonne in just 6 hours. * 4WD Qld Associations Fraser Island Clean Up – Ocean Crusaders conducts the audit on the debris as 900 volunteers from 4WD clubs clean the beach. Ocean Crusaders try to run events on an annual basis. We often join forces with other groups as many hands make light work. These community Beach and Island Clean Ups are usually large scale events. The Australian 'Ocean Crusaders' clean beaches and islands so that their wildlife is safe, also for the benefit of humans when they are cleaner and safer. Plastic collected to define a world wide strategy that is bothĮnduring and cost effective in climate change terms, as wellĬhina 2. Is vital to note the statistics and ratio of volunteers to Settle on the ocean bottom, much of it having been ingested by But 89.5% is flushed out to sea to eventually Hence, beach cleaning is very likely making a bigĭifference. Slat's drifting scoops add another 8.33%, taking us toġ0.5% if we include other efforts such as the SeabBin. Tons, as one fiftieth of the incoming or 2%. Unreported) every year, multiplied by 100 (of 192 coastal) countries = 150,000
Tons of marine litter is picked up per country (reported and
Organizations around the world 4 big beach cleans perĬountry per year we can begin to see the scale of the problem.Ī toe in the water exercise, we estimated that roughly 150 We multiply the collection ratio by the number of Even the efforts of 250 tons over 2.5 years is barely scratching the surface. The 8 million tons per year emanating from our rivers andĬoastlines, they cannot hope to keep pace with the output of Sprung up all over the world to organise big beach cleaning Plastic in the oceans than fish by 2050, according to authoritativeįrom individual volunteers efforts, a number of charities have Tide of plastic that is set to choke marine life, with more With the combinedĮfforts of other more 'mass cleanup' projects, we may eventually beat back the To rid sections of beaches of whatever the tide and tourists Our shores with picking sticks and (ironically) plastic sacks, Litter, that they are prepared to give up their time to walk Members of the public who are so concerned about plastic Cleaning is a modern phenomenon brought about by
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