Early education talks about Microplastics
After a long wait we have had the pleasure of welcoming back Capel Sound Childcare and Tootgarook Primary School to Capel Sound Foreshores. Through The Children on the Bay: Foreshore Care, Education and Conservation grant, we have had the privilege to help educate and spread awareness around microplastics through informative sessions with our Rangers.
Topics discussed included what is rubbish? What are microplastics? How is the food chain affected by microplastics? And what we can all do to help protect and preserve the environmental health of our beaches from rubbish pollution.
The kids had the opportunity to clean up the beach themselves looking for microplastics and other rubbish, which was a HUGE success. As litter and plastic pollution are increasing challenges, all rubbish collected on the day was uploaded to LitterWatch, which collects data to help understand litter trends and patterns within Victoria.
Beach rubbsih collection
Talk with Ranger Bec
Added below is an informative video about the story of microplastics, which we use for our informative sessions with our Rangers if you too would like to know more.