MANUKAU HARBOUR CLEAN-UP AND EDUCATION TOUR MANUKAU HARBOUR CLEAN-UP AND EDUCATION TOUR
Project Summary
Our inaugural ‘Love Your Coast Manukau Harbour’ project resulted in nearly two and a half shipping containers-worth of rubbish removed from beaches alongside our partner group Watercare Harbour Clean- up Trust. The month-long coastal clean-up and education tour, which spanned from 15 February to 23 March, aimed to bring attention and much-needed hands-on action to the beautiful but mistreated coastlines of the Manukau Harbour.
Throughout the project we motivated While the project primarily worked with already out there working hard for 1,422 volunteers to work together school groups and local businesses, the harbour and this was a fantastic during 19 clean-up events to remove Sustainable Coastlines was extremely opportunity to work together to look 16,200 litres of litter from the harbour’s impressed with the input and support after this place we love. We are already coastlines, equivalent to over 67 of members of the local community, looking forward to making the project full large curbside recycling bins. who turned up en masse on Saturday even bigger and better in 2017.” Perhaps of even greater significance, 5 March. On a cracking community Sustainable Coastlines staff and day out, 222 volunteers signed-up We would like to thank all of the trained ambassadors delivered their to clean-up at six locations around wonderful volunteers who put their critical litter awareness presentation to the harbour: Cornwallis, Waikowhai hands up to man the Saturday 5 4,360 school students and community Park, Onehunga, Mangere Bridge, March clean-up stations, and extend group members throughout the tour. Weymouth and Clarks Beach. thanks to Samsung, Singapore Airlines, Benefitz, Westpac, AUT, Aurecon, On top of this, the Watercare Harbour “This year is the first time that Phoenix Organics, Kwik N Ezy, Mr Binz, Clean-up Trust spent three weeks Sustainable Coastlines has focused Auckland Council’s Parks, Sport and working with 135 volunteers from their a full month on giving love back to Recreation team, Manukau Harbour new purpose-built vessel The Bobby this beautiful and important harbour,” Forum, Seaweek and the Watercare Stafford Bush, cleaning-up hard to says Sustainable Coastlines’ Project Harbour Clean-up Trust for their access litter around the harbour and Manager Fletcher Sunde. “A lot of support with funding and logistics. netting 61,550 litres of rubbish. passionate people and groups are MANUKAU HARBOUR CLEAN-UP AND EDUCATION TOUR
Special Thanks
We would not have been able to • Mt. Roskill Grammar and Paice Vaughan (Kaipara College) complete this project without a • Mangere Bridge School. for learning and delivering Love number of very special people and Your Coast presentations to over organisations who helped out. Janine Nillesen and Ambury Regional 60 members of the public at the Park for being a huge proponent of the Onehunga registration station. Special mentions go to: clean-up series and for allowing us to store our coastal rubbish at Ambury Holly Armitage, Myrjam Weber, All schools that took part: Regional Park for the duration of the Andrew Haddleton, Gillian Dunn, Kim event. Gouldstone, Sarah McCallum, Alida • St. Mary MacKillop Catholic School Wheat, Georgina Hart and Sean • Sutton Park School Mels Barton of Seaweek for inviting us Barton for volunteering their time and • Rongomai School to be a part of the NZAEE initiative and enthusiasm at our public registration • Mission Heights Junior College for putting together a comprehensive stations. • Hay Park School clean-up registration “village” at Bronwen Turner and Judi Goldsworthy • Hebron Christian School Cornwallis. for their additional organisation, • Pukekohe Christian School Our amazing public registration networking and support. • Waterlea Primary School station managers Monique Wheat • Glenbrook School (Cornwallis), Catherine Duncan Greg Devine and his team of kayakers • Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Mangere (Waikowhai), Cate and Donald Jessep for tackling rubbish at the Manukau • Westmere Primary School (Onehunga), Janine Nillesen (Mangere Heads. • Puni School Bridge), Fred Buck (Weymouth) and It is only by working together that we • Karaka School Megan Allen (Clarks Beach). can look after the places we love. • Maungawhau School Grace Cowley (Takapuna Grammar) • Mt. Roskill Intermediate MANUKAU HARBOUR CLEAN-UP AND EDUCATION TOUR
Project Results SUMMARY
Participants in clean-up Attendees at our educational Equivalent to 68 full large Equivalent to 108 suitcases at activities. presentations. kerbside wheelie bins the full baggage allowance = 25 people. = 25 people. (240 litre capacity). (23 kilograms).
1,422 Volunteers 4,360 People 16,200 Litres 2,4 8 Kilograms
PARTICIPANTS EDUCATION VOLUME WEIGHT MANUKAU HARBOUR Project Results CLEAN-UP AND EDUCATION TOUR DETAILED BREAKDOWN
LOVE YOUR COAST MANUKAU HARBOUR CLEAN-UPS 15 FEBRUARY TO 23 MARCH 2016
CATEGORY / MATERIAL ITEM COUNT CATEGORY / MATERIAL ITEM COUNT
HOUSEHOLD AND PERSONAL VEHICLE RELATED Appliances (refrigerators, washers, etc.) 0 Batteries (vehicle) 13 Batteries (household e.g. AA) 52 Cars/Car Parts 72 Bleach/Cleaner Bottles 65 Oil/Lube Bottles/Cans 26 Cigarette Lighters 176 Parking tickets and receipts 169 Cigarette Packaging/Wrappers/Cigarette butts 2815 Tyres 91 Clothing pegs/pins 598 SUBTOTAL 371 Clothing, Shoes 1362 Condoms 78 CONSTRUCTION RELATED Diapers 52 55-Gallon Drums 0 Gardening Related 520 Building Materials 130 Household (cosmetics, brushes etc.) 345 Pallets 0 Light Bulbs/Tubes 0 Plastic Sheeting/Tarps 234 Medical (asthma inhalers, pill packets etc) 65 Strapping Bands 104 Pens 247 Shotgun Shells/Wadding 78 SUBTOTAL 468 Syringes 0 Tampons/Tampon Applicators 0 OTHER Toys (including balls, fireworks etc) 677 Bags (paper) 228 SUBTOTAL 7129 Bags (plastic) 4186 Cardboard boxes and packaging 1222 FOOD RELATED Glass bottle pieces 4316 Plastic of unknown origin 30102 6-Pack Holders 44 Polystyrene/foam 3592 Beverage Bottles (glass) 2392 Beverage Bottles (plastic) 3130 SUBTOTAL 43645 Beverage Cans 2973 Caps, Lids 4161 Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons 941 TOTAL 78,547 Food Wrappers/Containers 8180 Items Lollipop sticks 1222 Pull Tabs 293 Straws, Stirrers 1918 SUBTOTAL 25254
FISHING RELATED Bait Containers/Packaging 307 Boat parts 7 Buoys/Floats 57 Crab/Lobster/Fish Traps 33 Crates / Buckets 291 Fishing Line 663 Fishing Lures/Light Sticks 13 Fishing Nets 13 Rope 298 SUBTOTAL 1681 Thank you
CHARITY PARTNERS
MAJOR SPONSOR
SUPPORTERS
NZ ASSOCIATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
Thank you to all of the people, schools and organisations that provided support and sponsorship to make this project possible. Without you we simply could not have coordinated this project.