The Noosa River Rubbish Audit was organised as part of NICA’s Clean Up Australia Day on 7 March, 20211, to collect and analyse the rubbish along a stretch of the lower Noosa river and riverside land at Tewantin. Similar surveys have been conducted around the same location in each of the past 3 years. Besides cleaning-up a significant part of the Noosa river system, the purpose was to assess the amounts and types of rubbish and how they enter and behave in the river system, in order to understand better the rubbish problem and ultimately how to address the underlying causes.
The River Rubbish Audit was carried out by teams of local volunteers, including Tewantin State School students, parents and staff, members of the public, and a collaborative group of community organisations including NICA, North Tewantin BushCare, OzFish Noosa, Tangaroa Blue and Unity Water community program.
