A volunteer marine clean-up fleet operating since 2002, pulling plastic from the Waitematā, Hauraki Gulf and Coromandel. They've removed 674 shipping containers worth of litter so far.
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ActiveCleaning up the Gulf
Waitematā Harbour & Rangitoto, Auckland
Partners: Sea Cleaners · Skippers Paul, Steve & Henry · Coromandel Mussel Farm Association · Volunteer Crews
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WHAT WE SAW ON THE GROUND.
Current Cause jumped aboard with Paul and Steve — part of a small fleet that's been pulling rubbish out of the Waitematā since 2002 — beach-landing on Rangitoto and around the inner harbour to recover plastic bottles, bags, glass and stray mussel-farm floats. Sea Cleaners have removed the equivalent of 674 shipping containers of litter to date, powered almost entirely by volunteers, and operate boats as far as Great Barrier, the Coromandel and Port Waikato. With around 11 million tonnes of plastic entering the world's oceans each year — and Auckland alone consuming the equivalent of 3.2 billion plastic milk bottles of plastic — their work is one of the clearest pictures of what consistent, community-powered clean-ups can achieve.
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HELP THE STORY GO FURTHER
Here's what Sea Cleaners needs
Boat-day & shoreline clean-up volunteers
Fuel & vessel maintenance funding
Education partners to tackle waste at the source
[ THE PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY ]
