It is vitally important to count and categorise litter types and amounts in order to get a picture of what and where litter is coming from our streets, into our creeks and then into the world's oceans. The community on the Merri Creek and Edgars Creeks has been collecting and sorting litter as part of the the Rapid Response to Litter in the Merri Creek catchment after rainfall 3 year project . From a typical litter clean up event, as shown here, we are getting a clearer picture of the source of litter in the catchments which will help us educate and reduce the amounts coming in via stormwater drains. Funded by the Victorian Government (via the Port Phillip Bay fund), the project has been coordinated in partnership with the Friends of Merri Creek (FoMC) & Merri Creek Management Committee and supported by the Cities of Darebin, Moreland, Hume, Yarra and Whittlesea.
Check out our Facebook page for regular updates: @MerriCreekLitterCleanUps. This Clean Up event was located at the confluence of Edgars and Merri Creeks in Coburg in August 2019. The event was run in partnership with MCMC and RMIT University. Thank you to Linda Marks for filming and producing this video. 23/08/2019.
