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Once again I’d like to thank you all wholeheartedly for the efforts put in to make International Cleanup Day a success.
All in all, over 50 people showed up to help collect over 20 kgs of rubbish!
Team International Cleanup
The majority of which (barring the large bit of carpet/turf) was recyclable.
So thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for your efforts.
Here are our results (which are shared with Project AWARE):
Number of Volunteers:
50 beach walkers, 2 underwater cleaners: 52 total
5 bags filled
20 kg of debris
1.6km of total area cleaned
Most unusual items found:
a large bit of plastic, possibly off a wharf, or a sturdy shelf
Breakdown of rubbish/debris collected:
67 Paper bags
Protecting our marine environment
82 plastic bags
11 balloons
6 plastic beverage bottles
69 glass beverage bottles
22 beverage cans
327 caps/lids
16 articles of clothing/shoes
33 cups/plates/forks/knives/spoons
201 food wrappers/containers
41 pull tabs
4 shotgun shells/wadding
145 straws/stirrers
30 toys
2 buoys/floats
8 bits of fishing line
3 fishing lures/light sticks
2 plastic sheeting/tarps
10 bits of rope
17 strapping bands
755 cigarette filters/butts
5 cigarette lighters
8 tobacco packaging/wrappers
2 batteries
8 building materials
1 car part
2 bicycle canisters
1 wire (1 large bunch of wire, I should mention)
1 tent peg
2 condoms
1 diaper/nappy
1 syringe
1 tampon/applicator
13 plasters
5 hair ties
1 medicine wrapper
1 large plastic shelf/bit of the wharf?
4 fireworks
1 large piece of carpet/turf
