More than 130 kilograms of rubbish pulled off Binningup Beach as part of national clean-up
More than 130 kilograms of rubbish was pulled off Binningup Beach at the weekend as volunteers searched through the sand as part of national beach clean-up program.
The Binningup Coastcare Environment Group partnered with the Tangaroa Blue Foundation on Saturday to help clean up Australia’s coastline, pulling more than 130 kilograms of rubbish off the coastline from Taranto Road to Buffalo Beach.
A team of 41 dedicated volunteers collected 1858 pieces of rubbish between 9am and 11am, with groups walking the shores north and south looking for ropes, bottles and fishing gear.
Volunteers in four-wheel-drives ferried volunteers up and down the beach and carried rubbish back to Binningup Foreshore as the pile started to grow.
All collected rubbish was sorted into groups and counted.
The information gathered was then passed on to Tangaroa Blue as part of a national effort to better understand the scope of waste washing up on Australian coastlines.
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