Beach Patrol Australia

Our aim is to raise awareness on the issue of plastic pollution. We also partner with corporate and school groups. About us -
Beach Patrol Australia is about involving the local community to remove litter from their local beach and in the process promote litter awareness in the general public. Apart from the the environmental aspects, one of the key aims is to strengthen communities and provide a social outlet for people who share the same interest in caring for their environment. Beach Patrol Australia supports the creation and ongoing operation of a number of individual beach clean up groups centred around a particular beachside suburb. History -
The concept of the postcode-centric Beach Patrols to organise monthly community beach litter collections was founded with the 3206 Beach Patrol (Albert/Middle Park, Victoria). This 3206 group was very successful in engaging the Middle Park and Albert Park community in looking after their beach and heightening the visibility of the litter problem in our bay and on our beaches. This concept was successfully expanded upon by Beach Patrol Australia resulting the creation of many groups around Port Phillip. In action -
The each Beach Patrol group operates a litter collection on their local beach and foreshore for one hour each month. All members wear shirts in the group's chosen colour and bearing the group's own logo. This draws in passers-by and beach users, highlighting the group’s presence and what is it doing. All litter collected is weighed and the stats from each clean up is recorded on the Beach Patrol Australia website. There is a strong social element with groups having a coffee together afterwards and sometimes a BBQ or group birthday celebration, plus most groups have there own pages.