Kicking off the war on rubbish in 2018, Coastal Warriors Mid North Coast are holding their first clean up the beach event on February 3 at Lighthouse Beach.
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Coastal Warriors member Liam McAlary said that it is important rubbish is cleared from beaches to both protect the marine life as well as to preserve the coastline for generations to come.
“The amount of rubbish we are finding at each clean up is remaining consistent and that is probably due to the amount of tourists and visitors coming to the area who may not be as invested in the environment as the warriors and the locals who live here are.
“The thing we all love about Port Macquarie are our beaches and we want them to remain as nice and pristine as they can,” Mr McAlary said.
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In the clean ups in 2017 more than 700 kilos of rubbish was collected with an average of 50 people helping each clean, and Mr McAlary said that in 2018 the Coastal Warriors group are looking to expand the area they cover.
“We are the Mid North Coast Coastal Warriors and though we did have a clean up day at Rainbow Beach we are wanting to stretch to include more of the Mid North Coast in our rubbish collection drives this year,” he said.
