Plastic pollution on beaches in Australia’s Northern Territory

A remote beach north of the Arnhem Coast in Australia’s Northern Territory is at the forefront of global plastic pollution, with the local Yolngu people responding to tens of thousands of kilograms of consumer plastics and discarded fishing nets washing up on the beach each year, and a huge amount of regular clean-up work, such as the 19.8 tons of marine debris they’ve collected so far in 2024, including 39 ghost nets and a 50-meter long fishing line. of fishing line.