Wildlife Preservation Autumn 2012.indd - Wildlife Protection Society ...

Australian Catholic University students
Loading the rubbish
Anthony Chuang led his team of four
young students from the University of
New South Wales, where Anthony is
in nal year of a Bachelor of Medicine
degree. He has a sporting interest
in basketball and tennis as well as
volunteering for charity work concerned
with environmental protection and
the health of Australians. He has been
a volunteer for Clean Up Australia, St
John’s Ambulance and the NSW Cancer
Council.
Other local community personnel
included Peter Stock, a former director
of WPSA, and one of our most reliable
volunteers, who is also a great hand at
the barbecue which is held when the
volunteers return from a hard day’s
work in the eld. Peter cooks and dishes
up a mouth-watering grilled sausage
with onions and salads, served in a large
buttered bun, washed down with a cool
drink – all provided free of charge by
our Society to the worthy volunteers.
This year we collected 24 bags of mixed
rubbish, ranging from the usual plastic
bottles (everywhere), discarded plastic
bags (everywhere), to empty cigarette
packets, scrap newspapers, drink cans,
large pieces of plastic, broken chairs
and dumped mattresses.
Thanks to Geo rey Raymond, Waste
Education O cer, and his team of
workers from the Rockdale City Council
who kindly provided extra bags, extra
cold water and then quietly collected
and disposed of this year’s rubbish.
In summary, we are very grateful to
the o cial organisers of Clean Up
Australia, Ian Keenan and his team, the
local Council for their active support
and encouragement, the members of
the Society, and nally to those kind
volunteers who come along to make it
all happen.
We noticed that this year there
appeared to be less rubbish lying
around than in previous years and for
that we are very grateful. We continue to
ask everyone to be very careful in what
they throw away and to take extra care
that their rubbish will not kill or injure
wildlife around the Brighton Ponds.
And all across Australia – what an
e ort! An estimated 591,400 volunteers
removed a staggering 16,169 tonnes of
rubbish from 7,263 Clean Up Sites.
Suzanne Medway, President of the
Society, would like to thank the hardworking
volunteers who have made the
22nd Clean Up Australia Day at Brighton
Ponds such a successful one.
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