Cleanup Marine Debris
National Marine Debris Initiative
Tangaroa Blue Ocean Care Society and the Surfrider Foundation have joined forces to help clean up our oceans with the National Marine Debris Initiative. Inviting everyone that loves to spend time along our coast to put aside a little time each month to monitor their beach for marine debris, fill out a data sheet on what was found and submit it to Tangaroa Blue. All data is collated and used to identify the most commonly found items which are then targeted and proactive ways for preventing them from ending up in the ocean in the first place are researched.
The Marine Debris Project started in 2004, and since then more than 3000 volunteers have removed over 500,000 pieces of rubbish from the Australian and New Zealand coastline helping to protect our marine life and seabirds.
Take Action
We invite individuals and groups of the community as well as members of Surfrider Australia to to visit their local beach and regularly participate in cleanups.
You can participate in a cleanup as part of the National Marine Debris initiative by registering your location and volunteers.
Step 1: Register your volunteers and cleanup location
Step 2: Download the Cleanup Sheet
Step 3: Submit your data to the National Marine Debris database through the instructions on the cleanup sheet form.
