Almost 50 tonnes of litter is being pulled out of the Yarra River every year, including more than a quarter of a million cigarette butts, a report has revealed.
The commissioner released the first State of the Yarra report late on Tuesday, revealing that the river is in poor condition in 18 of 36 environmental indicators of its health.Just one of those indicators was rated good: the river’s colonial heritage values. Dr Koss said microplastics – tiny plastic particles smaller than a fingernail – were one of the worst types of litter found in the river, because they end up in the food chain.
He also called for the deployment of permanent teams to collect rubbish from parks and around waterways to prevent litter from reaching the river.revealed that hundreds of syringes at a time were being pulled from the Yarra during rubbish collections.
Can we ban cigarette filter and setup a deposit scheme for plastic bottles
It’s better than it was. I used to Row the Yarra in the late 60s, & there was often so much rubbish in the river it was hard to see the water!
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