Mooloolah Waterwatch - Pollution

River Sweep 2009

Rubbish Breakdown Time Type Time

Orange & banana Peel          up to 2 years
Cigarette Butts                    1-5 years
Wool socks                            1-5 years
Plastic-coated paper             5 years
Plastic Bags                           10-20 years
Plastic film canisters            20-30 years
Nylon fabric                           30-40 years
Leather                                  up to 50 years
Tin cans                                  50 years
Aluminium cans & tabs         80-100 years
Glass bottles                         1 million yrs
Plastic bottles                       indefinitely

Taken from Clean Up Australia

Do you have a pollution issue that you don't know what to do about?

SOne of the things you can do is contact your local council, Derm (Dept of Environment & Regional Management), local member, Councillor or local Landcare Group.

Have a look at our Waterwatch and Monitoring page for information regarding pollution into waterways.

Please be patient while we log our information into this website, it may take a few months before its complete, we are very busy working in the catchment to repair waterways and create wildlife corridors.