More than 40 bags of litter weighing around one ton plus bulky items were collected from creek beds, mangroves and foreshores in early March by Clean4Shore volunteers, school students and community volunteers.
Eleven volunteers from St Edwards College at East Gosford gathered under overcast skies to help clean litter from the mangroves adjacent to their main oval, before moving on to Green Point mangroves where they plucked five car tyres from the foreshore.
The volunteers collected five full bags of litter from Yattalunga mangroves plus oyster baskets, a kayak, mattresses and timber.
More bags of litter were collected from Erina Creek mangroves plus bulk rubbish in and around an abandoned campsite near the local hotel.
All up, 20 bags of litter weighing 420 kilos plus bulk items were collected on the day.
The clean up of Erina mangroves adjacent to the Punt Bridge continued with seven community volunteers on Clean Up Australia Day where five full bags plus larger items including part of a fiberglass hull, drums and buckets were collected.
Volunteers went on to collect litter from the rail line opposite the Gosford Sailing Club and the foreshore adjacent to Drifter’s Wharf.
A total of 11 bags weighing 320kilos plus bulk items were collected on the day.
Eight students from Brisbane Water Secondary College Woy Woy Campus were happy to help collect litter from Cockle Bay near Empire Bay on Clean Up Australia Day.
A damaged fibreglass dingy deposited by recent storms was removed from Empire Bay mangroves and a large number of plastic bottles, soft plastics and oyster baskets were also collected.
Over 200m of foreshore of Riley’s Island’s western foreshore was cleaned with more plastic bottles, soft plastics and oyster baskets collected.
All up 12 bags of litter weighing 260 kilos plus bulk items were collected.
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