Litter in the Derwent
The awareness of litter as an environmental problem is increasing however there are still significant quantities of litter to be found around the Derwent estuary.
2010 marks the 20th anniversary of Clean-up Australia Day (CUAD) and the Derwent Estuary Program (DEP) is coordinating a major regional Derwent Litter Campaign with the aim of involving 60 community groups to collect over 20 tonnes of rubbish!
Business Clean-up Day is on Tuesday 2 March, Schools Clean-up Day is on Friday 5 March and Community Clean-up Day is on Sunday 7 March.
This campaign is supported by the DEPs council, state government and industry partners, as well as the EPA Division, the Australian Governments Caring for Our Country program and Veolia Environmental Services.
The campaign will involve:
2010 marks the 20th anniversary of Clean-up Australia Day (CUAD) and the Derwent Estuary Program (DEP) is coordinating a major regional Derwent Litter Campaign with the aim of involving 60 community groups to collect over 20 tonnes of rubbish!
Business Clean-up Day is on Tuesday 2 March, Schools Clean-up Day is on Friday 5 March and Community Clean-up Day is on Sunday 7 March.
This campaign is supported by the DEPs council, state government and industry partners, as well as the EPA Division, the Australian Governments Caring for Our Country program and Veolia Environmental Services.
The campaign will involve:
- Encouraging community groups to participate in and register for Clean Up Australia Day as well as sharing information and participating in promotional activities.
- Development of a strategy to identify how much rubbish is currently being collected around the Derwent and where future collection is required.
- Working with our partners and other organisations to encourage further clean up of the foreshore.
- Monitoring the number of sites, participants and amount of litter collected for public reports and records.
