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 »
Finding the source of rubbish
Posted in Coast, Coastal biodiversity, Community, Endangered animals, Environment, Environmental Education, GORCC, Litter, Managing the coast, Marine debris, Marine environment, Oceans, Plastic Bag Free Torquay, Rubbish, Uncategorized, Volunteers, tagged beach, biodiversity, coast, community, conservation, CSIRO, education, GORCC, Great Ocean Road Coast Committee, healthy coast, litter, marine debris, marine life, Plastic Bag Free Torquay, projects, protecting the coast, Research Science, SANE, Surf Coast, Surfers Appreciating the Natural Environment, Tracing rubbish, volunteers on March 14, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Have you ever considered where the piece of plastic blowing on the beach came from? A team of dedicated reasearch scientists have made it their mission to trace rubbish and debris on our beaches back to it’s source. This research is being conducted to better understand the impact of debris on marine eco-systems. The team of [...]
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 [...]
Help clean up the coast
Posted in Beaches, Coast, Coastal biodiversity, Community, Environment, Environmental Education, Litter, Rubbish, Uncategorized, Volunteers, tagged Clean Up Australia Day, conservation, GORCC, Jan Juc, litter, rubbish, volunteers on February 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Have you noticed any rubbish on the coast? Here’s an opportunity for you to do something about it! Clean Up Australia Day is held annually and this year we’ve registered a site in Jan Juc. We will be cleaning up from 10am to 12pm on Sunday the 4th of March. Where can you clean? We’ll [...]
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 [...]
