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Council, The Surfrider Foundation and the Cleanwater Group have teamed up to install 12 ocean-friendly Drain Buddies (pictured below) at key locations around Wollongong Harbour.

stainless steel drain buddy fitted in a stormwater drain

Each Drain Buddy is a heavy duty basket which fits into stormwater pits to catch litter, organic debris and sediment while letting water pass through. This stops litter before it reaches the ocean or our beaches.

The litter caught by our Drain Buddies is collected, sorted, analysed and recorded in the Australian Marine Debris Initiative database. This will help us understand what people are throwing away, and where they're littering.  We can then use this information to shape our education programs and campaigns to reduce litter at its source.