(EDITED on 05 MAY 2023 to add Love Our Street Area Map)
Love Our Street: Monthly litter pick up events in a postcode near you. 3145, 3146 & 3147.
Over 50 people joined FoGCV, Love Our Street 3145, Love Our Street 3146 & Love Our Street 3147 for Clean Up Australia Day on Sunday 05 March, 2023. Suburbs cleaned up include Glen Iris, Ashburton and Malvern East. Click on a logo below to see the results for each of the three Love Our Street teams.
Items retrieved by the FoGCV Clean Up team between Burke Road and the TH King Oval on Clean Up Australia Day, 2023:
1 x $10 Australian Banknote (legal tender)
1 x 375ml can Strongbow Apple Cider, 5% alcohol by volume (unopened)
1 x 500ml bottle of Cancer Council SPORT SPF 50+ Sunscreen, EXP 06 24 (80% full)
1 x Giant Builder’s Heavy-Duty Rubbish Bag (empty)
2 x Bicycles retrieved from Gardiners Creek (way beyond repair)
1 x Scooter retrieved from Gardiners Creek (way beyond repair)
1 x Short Stepladder (poor condition)
1 x Insulated Shopping Bag (as new)
1 x Nylon Shopping Bag (needs a wash)
1 x Shopping Trolley
TOO MANY TO COUNT:
An 80 litre recycle bin full of Glass bottles, Washed and flattened PET bottles, Flattened aluminium cans, Steel cans
Paper, Soft plastics, Cigarette Packets, Coffee cups and lids, Straws, Junk food & drink packaging, Take-away food & drink packaging, Polystyrene foam (most of it crumbling upon touch), Balls (tennis & golf), Clothing & footwear, Spray paint cans, Masks, Rubber gloves, Plastic cutlery
Clean recyclables taken away for recycling via Boroondara Residential Kerbside Collection. Rubbish left for pre-booked pick up by City of Stonnington.
STILL TO GO:
Glen Iris Station Precinct
1 x Queen Size Mattress
2 x (more) Bicycles in Gardiners Creek
Soft Plastic in trees above Gardiners Creek
A Container Deposit Scheme for Victoria
Friends of Gardiners Creek Valley 