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#PlasticPatrol: the #CitizenScientists tackling #litter in #Australian #waterways

#Plastics make up the majority of litter across the country. In the absence of regulation, the public are taking matters into their own hands

by James Norman, Fri 30 Jan 2026

"Neil Blake weighs a paper bag of fake grass fragments he has collected from a stormwater gutter near #DarebinCreek in #Melbourne’s north.

"Over the past three years Blake has conducted 56 collections of synthetic turf in the waterway alongside the KP Hardiman Reserve hockey pitch.

" 'I noticed that a local hockey pitch was being replaced and the plastic surface was running off into the local environment,' he says. Strong northerly winds and #LeafBlowers had helped shed the turf fragments into the local #environment.

"In addition to impacts on #AquaticEcosystems, scientific analysis suggests #PlasticPollution is exacerbating #ClimateChange, #biodiversity loss and #OceanAcidification.

"Australians produce more than 3m tonnes of plastic waste each year, and according to Clean Up’s annual survey of parks, beaches, creeks and other public spaces, plastics make up more than 80% of litter across the country. A review by the New South Wales chief scientist found that one #SyntheticTurf field could transport between 10kg and 100kg of plastic fragments into the #stormwater system or local waterways.

"Blake has taken advantage of the electronic scales provided by the newly opened community science laboratory in the Port Phillip #EcoCentre in #StKilda, to quantify his samples to present to the local council and the Environment Protection Authority. The lab hosts facilities including microscopes, measuring equipment, safety gear and access to advice from trained scientists.

"It’s one example of citizen scientists tackling the growing problem of plastics in #waterways, including #beaches, #rivers and dive sites around the country."

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/31/australia-litter-picking-beaches-waterways-plastic-pollution

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/okVtk

#SolarPunkSunday #LitterCleanup #NewSouthWales #Australia #PlasticTurf #PlasticPollution #CitizenScience #WaterIsLife #Astroturf #PlasticPollution #Microplastics

Just as a reminder: @ned put together a complete list of the guaranteed Charter rights that the Alberta government stripped away from teachers with the stroke of a pen:

https://beige.party/@ned/115493666977158101

Seems a little more draconian than enforcing laws protecting society from bird-flu or mandating vaccines in certain professions, doesn’t it? 🤔

#FreedomConvoy #ABPoli #CDNPoli #AstroTurf #UCP #DanielleSmith

Just as a reminder: @ned put together a complete list of the guaranteed Charter rights that the Alberta government stripped away from teachers with the stroke of a pen:

https://beige.party/@ned/115493666977158101

Seems a little more draconian than enforcing laws protecting society from bird-flu or mandating vaccines in certain professions, doesn’t it? 🤔

#FreedomConvoy #ABPoli #CDNPoli #AstroTurf #UCP #DanielleSmith

Just as a reminder: @ned put together a complete list of the guaranteed Charter rights that the Alberta government stripped away from teachers with the stroke of a pen:

https://beige.party/@ned/115493666977158101

Seems a little more draconian than enforcing laws protecting society from bird-flu or mandating vaccines in certain professions, doesn’t it? 🤔

#FreedomConvoy #ABPoli #CDNPoli #AstroTurf #UCP #DanielleSmith

Just as a reminder: @ned put together a complete list of the guaranteed Charter rights that the Alberta government stripped away from teachers with the stroke of a pen:

https://beige.party/@ned/115493666977158101

Seems a little more draconian than enforcing laws protecting society from bird-flu or mandating vaccines in certain professions, doesn’t it? 🤔

#FreedomConvoy #ABPoli #CDNPoli #AstroTurf #UCP #DanielleSmith

Just as a reminder: @ned put together a complete list of the guaranteed Charter rights that the Alberta government stripped away from teachers with the stroke of a pen:

https://beige.party/@ned/115493666977158101

Seems a little more draconian than enforcing laws protecting society from bird-flu or mandating vaccines in certain professions, doesn’t it? 🤔

#FreedomConvoy #ABPoli #CDNPoli #AstroTurf #UCP #DanielleSmith

Maybe someone could poll the folks camped out at the ostrich farm how they feel about the Alberta government’s overreach?

#Budget2025 #FreedomConvoy #ABPoli #CDNPoli #AstroTurf #UCP #DanielleSmith

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuOKFCYeTbA

#DaveNeal #TheRushHour one

🤣 1.50 min mark Someone's kid ordered 25 cases of lollies from mum's Amazon app.

3.15 min. mark #FAA is a joke! *5 air traffic controllers take #traumaleave *Fighter jet at the bottom of the sea.
*Delays at #NewarkAirport

16.34 min. mark: #ContentCreators fight back against #SuperRichBullies' infantile tactics. And FYI, #rightwingers do NOT own the narrative on this story.
#AstroTurf #Hollyweird #TikTok #NickShapiro

22.14 min. mark #Tariffs and #China, with #Dotard47 doubling down like an idiot. Now, the #PortOfLosAngeles has seen a 50% drop in shipments with higher tariffs. And there's a vid excerpt of brainless #ScottBssent sounding like a double-downmoron.

#Conservative #Hategroup #OneMillionMoms claims #Wicked pushes ‘#LGBTQ Agenda,’ calls for a #Boycott.

Despite their name, the #group has one #paid #staffmember and far fewer #members than they claim, with just 18 #petition #signers at press time.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #Censorship #Astroturf #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/article296706854.html

> Creates a #Discord Server to collaborate on ways to get the message out about Fediverse — because "#chatRooms are the best for fostering a #community".

So a proprietary #CloudflareDiscord bait-and-switch, lol.

*cough* #astroTurf

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