Port Phillip Clean Beaches Coalition litter action
The Port Phillip Clean Beaches Coalition (of community groups and government agencies) mobilised a comprehensive clean-up of 11 km of foreshore in the City of Port Phillip on Clean Up Australia Day 2011. HUGE THANKS to all who took part in the clean-up! Over 150 people spent two hours collecting litter from beaches and seawalls [...]
Clean Beaches Coalition sets sail in St Kilda
In what could be a world first, a coalition of community groups and government agencies dedicated to eliminating litter on Port Phillip beaches was formed yesterday. The coalition is planning immediate action to comprehensively clean up all beaches in the City of Port Phillip on Clean Up Australia Day (March 6). At a forum convened [...]
Clean Up Australia Day – tackling the unnatural disaster
Congratulations to Ian Kiernan on the 20th ‘Clean Up Australia Day’, with 7,084 sites registered in 2010. Congratulations also to Carmel Wallace for her stunning works (exhibited at 101 Collins Street, Melbourne) made from litter collected from the beach at Discovery Bay. During the 2008-09 year, the Victorian EPA issued 19,465 litter infringement notices, around [...]
