There is some exciting news on the litter in the Cooks River front.

Canterbury Council, in conjunction with Sydney Water, are placing a floating litter boom across the River at Boat Harbour, Hurlstone Park.

Click on the link below for images & more information

http://www.canterbury.nsw.gov.au/Environment/Cooks-River/Cooks-River-Litter-Boom

This boom will catch and trap most of the litter coming down river. It will be emptied regularly by Sydney Water using a boat. It will be very interesting to see how much difference this makes to the blight of floating litter.

It also does not diminish the urgent need for a national Container Deposit Scheme, as nearly 8 billion plastic bottles go to landfill in Australia each year!!