Positive Change For Marine Life

Roughly 6,000,000 tonnes of debris enters the world's oceans every year, weighing about the same as 1,000,000 elephants...
Every year around the world, plastic kills 100,000 turtles and marine mammals, such as dolphins, whales and seals, as well as 1,000,000 seabirds.
Plastic pollution is a huge problem and whilst mass media awareness is rising, it's down to individuals and communities to make changes.
... Join the PCFML Team and help clean-up your local parks and beaches. Just an hour of your time can really make an impact!
We are proud to be working alongside NSW EPA's Waste Less Recycle More initiative, to help reduce litter and marine debris through increasing public awareness and engagement.
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Our next two Gold Coast beach clean events will be in Burleigh Heads at Justin's Park. We'll set up directly across from the Burleigh Pub near viewing platform and the public toilets. See you tomorrow!
Approximately 6 million tonnes of rubbish enter our ocean every year, with disasterous effects on marine ecosystems. Turtles, seabirds, whales, dolphins, seals, fish and other marine life mistake photo-degraded plastics for phytoplankton, jellyfish and other sources of food, o...ften leading to starvation and poisoning that then gets passed on to their offspring. Marine debris is something that each and every one of us can change - by changing the way we consume and the products we choose to buy we ARE the change that the ocean so desperately needs.
We have been holding fortnightly beach clean up surveys since 2012, with our next clean up happening this Saturday at Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast. Why not come down and join us on August 25, meet new people and help to make a real difference by removing pollution from our local beach.
We will meet at 8:30 am at Justin’s Park. Share with your friends, family and networks, and together we can help create cleaner and healthier oceans!
So far, Positive Change for Marine Life has collected over 400,000 pieces of trash from Byron beaches alone and kept it from entering the ocean. We CAN reverse the trend of marine debris, through changing how we consume and working together for a healthier ocean.
To find out more about Positive Change for Marine Life head to our website: http://www.pcfml.org.au/
Or talk to our coordinator: Taylor Kehoe: t.kehoe@pcfml.org.au
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TGIF!
💙🌊🐋 The weekend is upon us and it promises to be a large one, as we celebrate the Festival For The Seas at the Byron Bay Brewery, Saturday afternoon from 2pm.
And don't forget our special Festival for the Seas beach survey kicking off at Main Beach from 11am. The Brewery will be dishing up free burgers for all the awesome volunteers that join us tomorrow! #BurgerLife 🍔🍔🍔

Our Gold Coast River Warriors crew, with our brand new trailer signs helping to raise awareness wherever we go!

Our new River Warriors blog is now live - check out what our crew has been up to on the Tallebudgera Creek, Gold Coast!

💙🌊🐋🙏 The annual Festival For The Seas is upon us again! It's bound to be an amazing day full of talks from marine conservation organisations and of course live music to soothe your souls, courtesty of Drop Legs, Tay Oskee and more! 🎵🎵
We're hosting an extra special beach survey as part of the festivities, kicking off this Saturday morning from 11am.
... And the Byron Bay Brewery are generously putting on burgers for everyone that gets involved! 🍔🍔🍔
It's a no-brainer! 🧠😂
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Another perfect morning #RiverWarriors

Over the past 3 months our River Warriors team collected 774kg of rubbish from the Tallebudgera Creek on the Gold Coast. The majority of these items were plastic bags, bottles, polystyrene nurdles and pieces, as well as cigarette butts and discarded fishing gear. Our haul was made up of an astounding 15,436 items!
It's devastating to see otherwise pristine, estuaries being choked by human waste. Our surveys are kayak-based and we run weekly transects to cover the length of th...e creek from estuary mouth to source once per week, covering the entirety over the course of a month.
We all need to act on marine debris, the products that you choose to use and the way that you dispose of your waste makes an enormous difference! Say no to single-use, reuse, recycle and pick up trash when you see it. We will be continuing our surveys over the coming 4 months on Tallebudgera Creek and then opening them up to the public in November. We are also launching our new River Warriors projects on Tingalpa Creek in Redlands and Terranora Creek in Tweed Heads very shortly, stay tuned!
This project is proudly supported by the Queensland Government's Community Sustainability Action Program.
#DontbeaSucker #Oceanlessplastic #RiverWarriors #SaynotoSingleUse
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Approximately 6 million tonnes of rubbish enter our ocean every year, with disasterous effects on marine ecosystems. Turtles, seabirds, whales, dolphins, seals, fish and other marine life mistake photo-degraded plastics for phytoplankton, jellyfish and other sources of food, often leading to starvation and poisoning that then gets passed on to their offspring. Marine debris is something that each and every one of us can change - by changing the way we consume and the products... we choose to buy we ARE the change that the ocean so desperately needs.
We have been holding fortnightly beach clean up surveys since 2012, with our next clean up happening this Saturday at Miami Beach, Gold Coast. Why not come down and join us on May 19, meet new people and help to make a real difference by removing pollution from our local beach.
We will meet at 8:30 am at Don McSween Park (on the northern side of Miami Headland). Share with your friends, family and networks, and together we can help create cleaner and healthier oceans!
So far, Positive Change for Marine Life has collected over 400,000 pieces of trash from Byron beaches alone and kept it from entering the ocean. We CAN reverse the trend of marine debris, through changing how we consume and working together for a healthier ocean.
To find out more about Positive Change for Marine Life head to our website: http://www.pcfml.org.au/
Or talk to our coordinator: Taylor Kehoe: t.kehoe@pcfml.org.au
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The inside scoop from last week's Litter Congress was that Newtecpoly Pty Ltd are bringing a game-changer into the recycled plastics industry with the ability to now transform cigarette butts (the #1 litter item in Australia) into a usable (&re-usable) plastic!!
Maybe when smokers sit on a park bench made up of tens of thousands of littered cigarettes they will learn to dispose of their butts better 🤔
#buttfreebyronshire

SAVE THE DATE!!
Saturday the 25th will be a fun-filled day with like-minded people to help celebrate our incredible Oceans and raise awareness on the issues they are are currently facing. We are joining up with FESTIVAL OF THE SEAS: https://www.facebook.com/events/245955012 900286/… and kicking off the day with one of our usual beach surveys down at Apex Park followed by FREE!!!!! burgers at the Byron Bay Brewery in thanks for our efforts.
Here you can meet some of our know...ledgeable team and learn about marine debris and the impacts it is having on our oceans. You will be helping to remove as much rubbish as we can from our local beaches so that it doesn't enter the ocean and harm the incredible marine life we have here in the Bay. Everything collected will then be surveyed and recorded for use in scientific research to help reduce the problem at it's source!
We will meet at 11am at Apex Park across from the Beach Hotel. Share with your friends, family and networks, and together we can help create cleaner and healthier oceans!
Since 2012, Positive Change for Marine Life has collected over 500,000 pieces of trash from Byron beaches alone and kept it from entering the ocean. We CAN reverse the trend of marine debris, through changing how we consume and working together for a healthier ocean.
To find out more about Positive Change for Marine Life head to our website: http://www.pcfml.org.au/
Or Talk to our co-ordinator in Byron Bay: Zoe White - z.white@pcfml.org.au
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Dinner plans?
The Byron Bay General Store are putting on a pop-up restaurant this evening with authentic Italian dining mixed with the usual awesome General Store vibes.
Kicks off at 5pm and they're kindly donating the proceeds to Positive Change for Marine Life. How nice are they?!

It's almost National Science Week! 🤓 From 11-19th August 2018, all across Australia, Science will be celebrated, shared and discussed. Our favourite project is Virtual Reef Diver! 🌊 Head to https://www.virtualreef.org.au to participate in citizen science and help scientists classify coral on our beautiful Great Barrier Reef...from the comfort of your own home!

We 💙 The Byron Bay General Store!
🍕🍸🍺 This Thursday night they're hosting a pop up Italian diner with some mouthwatering meals on offer, and drinkies courtesy of Brookie's Gin and Stone & Wood Brewing.
🐋🌊🙏 Best of all this evening is helping to raise funds for our beach surveys.

We 💙 our incredible team of volunteers, who dedicate their free time to protecting our marine life from the threat of microplastics and marine debris.
Pictured is Janene on a recent beach survey down at Seven Mile Beach.
We're always looking for enthusiastic helpers. Contact us if you'd like to be involved. 🐋

GOLD COAST!
We're currently recruiting volunteers for an exciting new conservation campaign - River Warriors!
For details visit www.pcfml.org.au/join-us

Roughly 6,000,000 tonnes of debris enters the world's oceans every year, weighing about the same as 1,000,000 elephants...
Every year around the world, plastic kills 100,000 turtles and marine mammals, such as dolphins, whales and seals, as well as 1,000,000 seabirds.
Plastic pollution is a huge problem and whilst mass media awareness is rising, it's down to individuals and communities to make changes.
... Join the PCFML Team and help clean-up your local parks and beaches. Just an hour of your time can really make an impact!
We are proud to be working alongside NSW EPA's Waste Less Recycle More initiative, to help reduce litter and marine debris through increasing public awareness and engagement.
See More