By Abbey Cannan
To celebrate World Clean Up Day, Plastic Free Noosa is hosting a beach clean up at Sunshine Beach on Saturday 17 September from 8am.
Plastic Free Noosa manager Peita Otterbach said World Clean Up Day was one of the biggest civic movements globally.
“It unites over 190 countries across the world and it’s all about bringing volunteers and partners together to essentially work towards a more sustainable and cleaner world,” she said.
“The goal of World Clean Up is to achieve five per cent of the total global population to be involved in a green wave of clean ups across the globe. We’ve still got a fair way to go to reach the five per cent.”
Peita said the day is a fantastic opportunity for the community to come together to have important conversations.
“Everyone’s aware we’ve got a problem but they’re not sure what they can do to help fix it, and this is a great way to be a part of the plastic pollution solution,” she said.
“We’ve invited local businesses, community groups, community clubs, schools and a whole host of people. So I think we’re going to have a fairly big turn out in terms of people power. It’s probably going to be our biggest to date which will be awesome.”
An inspiring Plastic Free Noosa supporter is local Year 9 student Liv, who has a business collecting micro plastics from beaches around Noosa and uses them to make stunning and very colourful earrings.
Liv is getting involved on Saturday and will be awarding the person who collects the most micro plastics with a free pair of earrings.
“We truly have some inspirational environmentally passionate youth in our community,” Peita said.
Supporters on the day include Entity Coffee, who are giving 50 per cent off any hot drink from 7-8am if you bring your own reusable cup.
Plastic Free Noosa Champions Heads of Noosa Brewing Co will keep you hydrated with their Hop Valley H2O, and you can get a sugar hit with delicious lemon myrtle shortbreads from Notch Noosa.
Peita said there was also an exciting collaboration formed between Entity Coffee and Heads of Noosa.
“I introduced our Plastic Free Noosa Champions Entity Coffee to Heads of Noosa to collaborate on a potential cold-brew option,” she said.
“Entity Coffee are formulating a particular brew for the weekend which is going to be mixed with Heads of Noosa’s Hop Valley H2O.
“They’re going to be serving it on ice in reusable Pottery for the Planet locally made travel cups for all our volunteers to enjoy.
“It’s an awesome collaboration with zero waste essentially.
“Thanks also to the Sunshine Beach Association for making World Clean Up Day at Sunshine Beach possible.”
Join the Plastic Free Noosa team on World Clean-up Day:
8-9.30am: Clean-up
9.30-10.30am: Food and drinks to celebrate
Meet at Ed Webb Park, behind the Sunshine Beach Surf Life Saving Club and BYO hat, reef-safe sunscreen, water bottle and gloves. Register to participate at fb.me/e/31LvIPerM
