Saturday, July 31, 2010

Wake up Australia, there’s a whole lotta litter goin’ on!

January 3, 2010 by BayKeeper  
Filed under Action, Advocacy, Featured

Litter in waterways is not just visual pollution. International studies have found fragments of plastic frequently mistaken for food by diving and surface-skimming seabirds. The Melbourne Parks & Waterways ‘Tagged Litter Report’ (1993) estimated that four to five million items of floatable litter entered Melbourne’s waterways each year. Rock-lined Yarra bank under Westgate Bridge (December [...]