Cleaning up Moorabool

Clean Up Australia Day was Sunday 5 March, and Moorabool Shire Council has thanked the many local groups and individuals who rolled up their sleeves to keep Moorabool beautiful.

Illegally dumped litter costs ratepayers roughly $80,000 a year to clean up, so Council was happy to partner up with the Friends groups around the Shire, collecting almost 100 bags of waste and recycling collected by volunteer groups.

The most commonly littered items found on Clean Up Australia Day this year were takeaway and beverage containers, face masks, plastic bags, car tyres, and furniture.

Council gave a special thank you to the Friends of Hopetoun Park & Parwan Gorge, Friends of Werribee Gorge & Long Forest Mallee, the Rotary Club of Bacchus Marsh, and the Bacchus Marsh Lions Club, for their hard work cleaning up Moorabool Shire this year.

If you see someone littering or dumping rubbish on nature strips, parks and reserves, or local roads, you can report it to Council at my.moorabool.vic.gov.au/do-it-online.