Georges Riverkeeper clears more than 58,000 kilograms of river rubbish in 2020-2021
Georges Riverkeeper’s Catchment Actions Program partnership with NSW Department of Justice Corrective Services removes litter from the catchment before it enters the river.
In the last financial year (from July 2020 to June 2021), over 58,182 kilograms of litter have been removed from the catchment during 2,308 clean ups, by people putting in over 11,298 hours in total.
Over 988,614 kilograms of litter pollution has been removed from the Georges River catchment in the last ten years (since 2011).
Wondering how much litter we've removed from your local area in this last financial year? Read on for a summary of amounts removed, sites visited and hours worked in each of Georges Riverkeeper’s member Council local government areas from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021:
Bayside Council area:
- 5,131 kilograms litter removed
- 1,114 hours worked
- 199 clean ups
City of Canterbury-Bankstown area:
- 9,121 kilograms litter removed
- 1,754 hours worked
- 331 clean ups
Campbelltown City Council area:
- 9,746 kilograms litter removed
- 1,828 hours worked
- 415 clean ups
Fairfield City area:
- 10,189 kilograms litter removed
- 1,669 hours worked
- 399 clean ups
Georges River Council area:
- 4,195 kilograms litter removed
- 1,171 hours worked
- 268 clean ups
Liverpool City Council area:
- 14,475 kilograms litter removed
- 2,106 hours worked
- 399 clean ups
Sutherland Shire Council area:
- 4,159 kilograms litter removed
- 1,447 hours worked
- 248 clean ups
National Parks in the Georges River catchment
- 1,168 kilograms of litter removed
- 210 hours worked
- 49 clean ups