Some members of the club took time to help Sustainable Coastlines clean up the coastline of Rangitoto island on Tues 6th December. If you want to help out next year keep an eye on this web page www.sustainablecoastlines.org.nz for clean ups in various locations. Below is some information about the event. Next clean-up is the North Shore one 22-24th March. See the web page or contact by phone on 09 948 8454 or email Event Director Sam Judd on sam@sustainablecoastlines.org
On Tuesday 6 December, 1,200 fabulous volunteers joined us to clean-up the beautiful and unique coastlines of Auckland’s Rangitoto Island. Working as teams we removed 2.66 tonnes of rubbish from the shores of this iconic but heavily littered spot: an amazing effort and unfortunately an even heavier load than we collected with the same number of volunteers just one year ago.
What we found after sorting through the rubbish is more than a little troubling. With nearly 140,000 pieces of rubbish removed from the same stretch of coast where over 200,000 pieces were picked-up only one year ago, it is clear that a constant stream of rubbish floats across from the city to litter these uninhabited shores. Huge counts of single-use plastic packaging were removed for the second year running, with plastic bags, food wrappers, bottle caps and lids, polystyrene packaging and drinking straws found in large numbers. On a positive note, feedback from schools has been excellent and 1,200 people have learned about the issue hands-on.
Rangitoto Island is a special place for North Shore Tramping Club. Our first tramp ever was held there. Each year we go back there for a trip
In 1993 we donated this seat which you can see on the Summit track to commemorate our links with the island and for the enjoyment of the public.
On Tuesday 6 December, 1,200 fabulous volunteers joined us to clean-up the beautiful and unique coastlines of Auckland’s Rangitoto Island. Working as teams we removed 2.66 tonnes of rubbish from the shores of this iconic but heavily littered spot: an amazing effort and unfortunately an even heavier load than we collected with the same number of volunteers just one year ago.
What we found after sorting through the rubbish is more than a little troubling. With nearly 140,000 pieces of rubbish removed from the same stretch of coast where over 200,000 pieces were picked-up only one year ago, it is clear that a constant stream of rubbish floats across from the city to litter these uninhabited shores. Huge counts of single-use plastic packaging were removed for the second year running, with plastic bags, food wrappers, bottle caps and lids, polystyrene packaging and drinking straws found in large numbers. On a positive note, feedback from schools has been excellent and 1,200 people have learned about the issue hands-on.
Rangitoto Island is a special place for North Shore Tramping Club. Our first tramp ever was held there. Each year we go back there for a trip
In 1993 we donated this seat which you can see on the Summit track to commemorate our links with the island and for the enjoyment of the public.
