Although only 225 volunteers signed up across the Noosa region, a notable drop post Covid, we still managed to Clean Up around 4 tonnes of other people’s rubbish as part of Clean Up Australia Day on Sunday March 5th, organised once again by the Noosa Integrated Catchment Association (NICA). There were 21 sites where community groups and volunteers searched the lengths and breadths of Noosa’s bushland, parklands, roadsides, beaches, creeks and rivers to Clean Up their patch of Noosa.
The general feeling was that there was less rubbish than in previous years at some locations, but the overall volume and weight collected remained fairly consistent with previous years. Plastic and cardboard food packaging was again prolific in the rubbish collected, cigarette butts, other hard plastic items and numerous other household items continue to be discarded rather than binned. Glass and plastic bottles were a notable reduction most likely due to the introduction of the container deposit scheme in Qld.
Many thanks to all of our volunteer coordinators, including Joe Jurisevic who has managed the clean up event for NICA very successfully once again in 2023.
