ocean waste
Campaign to remove plastic bottles from ships
International shipping association BIMCO is creating reusable bottles to replace about 1.75 billion single-use plastic bottles a year being used ...
Beach Patrol calls for action to slash marine debris levels
A national volunteer community beach cleaning group is urging the Federal Government to act on ships dumping litter. Colleen Hughson, ...
New funding to bust ghost nets
The Federal Government is supporting projects to address dangerous abandoned fishing nets known as ‘ghost nets’ along Australia’s northern coastline. ...
Satellites used in the fight against marine waste
Geospatial scientists have found a way to detect plastic marine waste on remote beaches that are not visible in conventional ...
Plastic waste is choking one of NT’s most culturally significant areas
Wessel Islands Archipelago could have some of the most littered beaches in the Northern Territory with Charles Darwin University (CDU) ...
Swimwear designer draws the line at fishing waste
An Animal Ecology graduate who has expanded her passion for the marine environment to designing swimwear made from recycled fishing ...
Defence removes tonnes of waste from Sydney Harbour
New Australian technology is helping to clean Sydney Harbour and show how more plastic and other pollution can be removed ...
Recycled ocean plastics transformed
Recycled ocean plastics are being transformed into light switches and sockets. Schneider Electric’s Merten Ocean Plastic Switch, made of recycled ...
24 tonnes of debris cleared from Great Barrier Reef
24 tonnes of marine debris including plastics, old cigarette lighters and toothbrushes have been removed from the Great Barrier Reef.
