You can help reduce the rates of marine entanglement by keeping waste out of the marine environment.
Seal the Loop bins installed on the Victorian coastline are specially designed to collect fishing waste and are made from recycled plastic collected at Melbourne Zoo.
Find a Seal the Loop Bin near you!
View Seal the Loop - Port Phillip Bay in a larger map
To view the results of the recent five month trial of Seal the Loop download the 2010/2011 Seal the Loop Report PDF.
Plastics are the most common litter item found within Australia. Each year Melbourne Zoo provides care to marine animals such as seals, penguins and pelicans that have become entangled in somebody's waste.
Melbourne Zoo visitors can help save marine wildlife by recycling their plastic waste onsite. Their plastic will be turned into special Seal the Loop bins and installed in selected fishing locations, making it easier for anglers to ensure their waste never harms wildlife.
Silva was found tangled in a discarded fishing net. The net had cut so deeply into her that it took months for her to recover. Find out more about Silva
This project is funded by the Victorian Government using Recreational Fishing Licence fees.
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Like to see a bin installed near you or find out more?
Contact Ben- bsanders@zoo.org.au
Did you know?
There are approximately 46,000 pieces of plastic floating in each square mile of the world's oceans.
Discarded plastic kills around 1 million sea birds, 100,000 sea mammals and countless fish each year.
Plastics persist in the environment for hundreds of years.
Fishing line is a common plastic pollutant that causes wildlife entanglements.
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