Students collect 380kg of rubbish from Brisbane Water
Brisbane Waters Secondary College students collected 380kg of rubbish from Brisbane Water as part of the Clean4Shore project on Friday.
Project co-ordinator Mr Graham Johnson reported many of the sites visited were relatively free of rubbish.
He said the corner at Tascott in front of the railway station "picks up plenty of rubbish".
"However, local intervention has greatly reduced the volume present today," he said.
"Brisbane Waters Dr was also fairly free of litter.
"Under the Woy Woy Bridge in the corner the mangroves were also in good condition."
Mr Johnson said the team departed from Lions Park, Woy Woy, and found three bags of small litter and four small oyster baskets.
On Brisbane Water Dr, "one site close to an open drain had soft plastics, food wrapping and small hard plastics and again those oyster baskets".
At Woy Woy bridge, "dumping has occurred adjacent to the road with four car tyres and steel truck side trays cleaned up".
"Wreckage around a sunken cruiser in Woy Woy Channel was removed.
"This vessel is too large for Clean4shore and will require a commercial operator to lift the vessel and dispose."
Mr Johnson said the efforts of the students and their supervising staff were rewarded with fish and chips.
The rubbish was taken to Woy Woy tip.
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Social media, 5 Mar 2021
Graham Johnson, Clean4Shore