Note: The science and research undertaken on the health of our oceans is always growing. The references given below utilise the best information available we have available. We will continually review (and, if appropriate, update) the facts as they become available.
DEGRADATION
Stormwater is the primary driver of the degradation of streams, estuaries and embayments in Australia's cities, and indeed in cities around the world,
Jambeck, J. R., et al. “Plastic Waste Inputs from Land into the Ocean.” Science, vol. 347, no. 6223, 13 Feb. 2015, pp. 768–771., doi:10.1126/science.1260352.
ONE MINUTE
Every minute the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic is dumped into our oceans