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2019-11-28 SM Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 1 - Draft Noosa River Plan
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faceted approach of educa����� frastructure sweeping and manual street cleaning��W er pick-up systems to r����� er loads to waterways. It forms dense patches within the surf zone of Noosa’s
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The Noosa community is already highly engaged in Council is authorised to inves�ate illegal dumping ‘foreshore and beach cleaning’ conducted within the and recrea����������������������
this area. The Boomerang Alliance has taken a lead of rubbish and issue infringements for general Sunshine Coast Local Government Area, removed beaches south of Main Beach are not a�ected by
role in in����� onsumer behaviour, especially and danger���� ering. Council can also issue 3,493 plas������������� ����� ver a four Hincksia.
with regard to plas���� ough the Plas��� ee infringements under its own local laws. At present, month period.
Noosa campaign. Plas��� ee Noosa engages with these are the only mechanisms enacted to curb The presence of Hincksia is visually unappealing to
the retail and hospitality sector, as well as market, �� ering behaviour. Trials such as these, implemented in c����� swimmers and decomposing alga on the beach can
fes�al and event organisers to encourage the take- with target���W er educa������ viour change emit a sulphurous odour which also deters beach
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in Schools Program to assist students recycling at life and seabirds.
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Marine debris – why does it matter?
Marine ecosystems worldwide are affected by human-made litter, much of which is plastic.
Wildlife is impacted by marine debris directly through ingestion and entanglement and
indirectly through chemical affects.
About half of seabird species across the globe have eaten plastic–this will likely increase to
95% of all seabird species by 2050.
Birds eat everything from balloons to glow sticks, industrial plastic pellets, hard bits of plastic,
foam, metal hooks and fishing line.
Approximately one third of marine turtles have likely ingested debris–most items eaten are
plastic and positively buoyant.
The regions of highest risk to global marine turtle populations are off the east coast of
Australia, South Africa and USA; the East Indian Ocean, and Southeast Asia. NICA River Rangers clean up volunteers
Turtles, seabirds, whales, dolphins, dugongs, fish, crabs and numerous other species are killed
and maimed through marine debris entanglement.
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Zero litter to the Noosa River volunteer river and beach clean-ups through the CSIRO research int ering and marine debris Cc ate the impact of marine debris
provision of rubbish bags and disposal t in Australia iden ee useful management in Noosa’s waterways.
It is recognised that preven er eftering and is requiring all tourism and other events on interven ? atl these impacts. These
waterway st place is the most e e?. public lands in Noosa to phase out single-use include:
and cheapest wa er issue plas y 2021. Funding is also provided to NICA Coastal algal blooms
Noosa Council aims to achieve Zer er to for their volunteer Riverwatch service which e Target er @duca vidur change
the Noosa River b includes r er clan-ups in the lower campaigns to st erifig. From 2002 to 2006 Hincksia sordida, a non-toxic
undertaking and to achieve it will requir estuary. Council undertakes mechanical street er debris traps in both surface and stormwater brown alga has periodically ‘bloomed’ in Laguna Bay.
faceted approach of educa fra&tructure sweeping and manual street cleaning er Bick-up systems to r er loads to waterways. It forms dense patches within the surf zone of Noosa’s
trategy will be developed with the of key commercial precincts and other areas within Main Beach with large quan a becdiming
Noosa community to iden y Bhe pathway to this the catchment. River and beach clean ups to r er stranded on the beach by the r
target deposited in and around local waterways. algal blooms have occurred during spring or early
Under the Waste R ecycling Act, er booms?in waterways and summer and coincided with popular holiday periods
The Noosa community is already highly engaged in Council is authorised to inves ale illegal dumping ‘foreshore and beach cleaning’ conducted within the and recrea
this area. The Boomerang Alliance has taken a lead of rubbish and issue infringements for general Sunshine Coast Local Government Area, removed beaches south of Main Beach are nota ected by
role in in on&umer behaviour, especially and danger ering. Council can also issue 3,493 plas ver a four Hincksia.
with regard to plas ough the Plas ee infringements under its own local laws. At present, month period.
Noosa campaign. Plas ee Noosa engages with these are the only mechanisms enacted to curb The presence of Hincksia is visually unappealing to
the retail and hospitality sector, as well as market, ering behaviour. Trials such as these, implemented inc ? swimmers and decomposing alga on the beach can
fes aPland event organisers to encourage the take- with target er @duca vidur change emit a sulphurous odour which also deters beach
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The regions of highest risk to global marine turtle populations are off the east coast of
Australia, South Africa and USA; the East Indian Ocean, and Southeast Asia. NICA River Rangers clean up volunteers
Turtles, seabirds, whales, dolphins, dugongs, fish, crabs and numerous other species are killed
and maimed through marine debris entanglement.
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