Microplastics, Too Big To Ignore

Microplastics, Too Big To Ignore

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Take Action on Microplastic Pollution Now! 

Keep Microplastic Pollution on the political agenda by contacting your local council directly and ask what they are doing about monitoring and reducing microplastics pollution. You can use our letter here to write to your representatives in the Upper and Lower Houses of the NSW Parliament. 

Other actions you can take are the following:

  1. Support and Participate in Local Monitoring & Waterway Protection
    • Join citizen science monitoring projects like AUSMAP.
    • Report microplastic pollution, broken drains, or industrial spills to councils and EPA pollution hotlines.
  2. Support Remediation Efforts
    • Participate in creek clean-ups, mangrove clean-outs, and sediment remediation activities.
    • Advocate for councils to install stormwater filters in known hotspots (you can find AUSMAP’s hotspot here), and to prioritise the effective maintenance and performance of existing stormwater assets.
  3. Reduce Personal Plastic Footprints
    • Avoid single-use plastics, especially high-risk items such as soft plastics, microbead products, synthetic glitter, and low-quality fast fashion.
    • Choose natural biodegradable products where possible (natural turf over synthetic). 
    • Install microfibre filters on washing machines or use washing bags to reduce textile fibre loss.
    • Choose reusable items (bags, bottles, coffee cups, containers).
    • Reuse and recycle.
  4. Educate and Mobilise Others
    • Share knowledge about microplastics in schools, community groups, and workplaces.
    • Support campaigns and local councils

Take Action on Microplastic Pollution Now! 

Keep Microplastic Pollution on the political agenda by contacting your local council directly and ask what they are doing about monitoring and reducing microplastics pollution. You can use our letter here to write to your representatives in the Upper and Lower Houses of the NSW Parliament. 

Other actions you can take are the following:

  1. Support and Participate in Local Monitoring & Waterway Protection
    • Join citizen science monitoring projects like AUSMAP.
    • Report microplastic pollution, broken drains, or industrial spills to councils and EPA pollution hotlines.
  2. Support Remediation Efforts
    • Participate in creek clean-ups, mangrove clean-outs, and sediment remediation activities.
    • Advocate for councils to install stormwater filters in known hotspots (you can find AUSMAP’s hotspot here), and to prioritise the effective maintenance and performance of existing stormwater assets.
  3. Reduce Personal Plastic Footprints
    • Avoid single-use plastics, especially high-risk items such as soft plastics, microbead products, synthetic glitter, and low-quality fast fashion.
    • Choose natural biodegradable products where possible (natural turf over synthetic). 
    • Install microfibre filters on washing machines or use washing bags to reduce textile fibre loss.
    • Choose reusable items (bags, bottles, coffee cups, containers).
    • Reuse and recycle.
  4. Educate and Mobilise Others
    • Share knowledge about microplastics in schools, community groups, and workplaces.
    • Support campaigns and local councils

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