Clean4Shore wins Coastcare award
Marine clean-up group Clean4Shore has won the Coastcare award at the Greater Sydney Landcare awards held in Katoomba on Sunday, July 2.
The group has been active around the Peninsula over a number of years.
The award citation said: "Clean4shore has been mobilising volunteers, especially students, to remove litter from waterways since 2010.
"Clean4shore achieves educational and environmental outcomes.
"Between 2014 and 2022, Clean4shore has worked with 28 different schools, community and youth organisations and partnered with Floating Landcare.
"They organised 815 litter collection trips involving more than 5000 volunteers and removed more than five tonnes of litter.
"Clean4shore documents and reports on all activities and contributes to greater engagement from the public and agencies such as Central Coast Council.
"Clean4shore is tackling the massive impacts of plastics, polystyrene and marine debris on native marine life.
"Their efforts are reducing entanglement risk and improving visual amenities and safety for swimmers and fishers."
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Social media, 12 Jul 2023
Greater Sydney Local Land Services