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10,000 Join Australian Fight Against Plastic Pollution

1/31/2026

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Citizen science initiatives in Australia engage more than 10,000 participants in the Australian Microplastics Assessment Project to map plastic pollution hotspots.
Jeff Angel of the Total Environment Centre says government regulations have failed to manage plastic waste.
Neil Blake, a citizen scientist, has documented synthetic turf fragments in waterways near Melbourne.
Sea Shepherd Australia worked with Indigenous rangers to clean a polluted Arnhem Land beach, revealing decades of plastic waste.

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Citizen science initiatives in Australia engage more than 10,000 participants in the Australian Microplastics Assessment Project to map plastic pollution hotspots.
Jeff Angel of the Total Environment Centre says government regulations have failed to manage plastic waste.
Neil Blake, a citizen scientist, has documented synthetic turf fragments in waterways near Melbourne.
Sea Shepherd Australia worked with Indigenous rangers to clean a polluted Arnhem Land beach, revealing decades of plastic waste.