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May 5, 2017
No sticks-in-the-mud at schools beach clean-up
Bayswater School students cleared a Ngataringa Bay mudflat of nine bags of rubbish, as part of an annual peninsula-wide beach clean-up organised by the Devonport Peninsula Trust recently. Their haul mostly consisted of plastic, building materials, glass and polystyrene. They also found more interesting items, including golf balls, jandals, sneakers and an eel trap. More than 200 Year 1-6 children were equipped with buckets, plastic bags and gloves, and didn’t seem to mind the mud one bit. The efforts of the Bayswater School contingent were replicated across the peninsula, with all local schools joining in. More than 1000 children participate in the clean-up each year. A T HE EM
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Rubbish ahoy... Parent helper Rachel Jacobson on the hunt for polystyrene with Andach Ataseven (left) and Ianiss Paulet
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Trash and treasure... Ella-Marie Fawcett-Grubner (left) and Breah McLean with their findings