How many times have you sat on the beach and found yourself surrounded by cigarette butts? Cigarette butts continue to be the main source of rubbish found on our Surf Coast – a disappointing result considering the Surf Coast Shire was the first municipality to ban smoking on its beaches. In 2008, cigarette butts made up 30 per [...]
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Don’t be a butt with your cigarette!
Posted in Beaches, Birds, Clean up Australia Day, Coast, Community, Conservation, Endangered animals, Environment, Environmental Education, Fauna, GORCC, Illegal rubbish dumping, Litter, Managing the coast, Marine debris, Marine environment, Native wildlife, Oceans, Rubbish, Schools, students, Surf Coast, Uncategorized, Volunteers, tagged beach, birds, blog, coast, community, conservation, education, environment, fauna, GORCC, Great Ocean Road, Great Ocean Road Coast Committee, healthy coast, litter, protecting the coast, rubbish, Surf Coast, Torquay, tourism, volunteers on April 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Cleanup helps conserve the coast
Posted in Beaches, Clean up Australia Day, Coast, Coastal biodiversity, Community, Environment, Environmental Education, Flora, GORCC, Illegal rubbish dumping, Jan Juc, Litter, Marine environment, Rubbish, Volunteers, tagged blog, caring for the coast, Clean Up Australia Day, cleaning, community, education, environment, GORCC, Great Ocean Road, Great Ocean Road Coast Committee, healthy coast, Jan Juc, litter, protecting the coast, rubbish, Surf Coast on March 8, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Clean Up Australia (CUA ) Day volunteers generously dedicated their Sunday morning to cleaning up the Jan Juc Foreshore area. CUA Day was held on Sunday 4 March and the Great Ocean Road Coast Commitee (GORCC) registered the Jan Juc forshore area as an official cleanup site. Eleven people volunteered including several members of Jan Juc Coast Action(JJCA) a local volunteer [...]
Illegal dumping damages sensitive coast
Posted in Beaches, Coast, Coastal biodiversity, Community, Dunes, Environment, Illegal rubbish dumping, Managing the coast, Rubbish, tagged community, education, GORCC, Great Ocean Road Coast Committee, healthy coast, protecting the coast, Rubbish dumping, Surf Coast on February 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Rubbish is being illegally dumped on our beaches and coastal reserves, causing harm to the environment and threatening coastal flora and fauna. Great Ocean Road Coast Committee (GORCC), Outdoor Works Supervisor , Phil Brown, said illegal rubbish dumping was a regular occurrence on the Surf Coast and that sometimes people were unaware they were breaking [...]
