‘Monstrous’: Indigenous rangers’ struggle against the plastic ruining Arnhem Land beaches
by Grace Heathcote from Environment | The Guardian on (#4F5A8)
The Gulf of Carpentaria is being inundated with some of the highest densities of rubbish in the world
The Gulf of Carpentaria hosts some of Australia's most remote coastline, but Indigenous rangers say it is being inundated with some of the highest densities of rubbish in the world.
In 2018 the Dhimurru rangers, based in Nhulunbuy, in eastern Arnhem Land, collected two-and-a-half tonnes of rubbish, 500kg more than in 2017 and roughly five times that collected in 2016.
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