Volunteers Amy and Tom Dillon help collect debris from the banks of the Tamar River at Royal Park. Picture: Tarlia Jordan
Sea Shepherd Tasmania conducted a clean-up on the bank of the Tamar at Royal Park on Friday.
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The site was visited in May, prior to the June floods.
More than 6000 pieces were retrieved from the water during the previous clean-up.
Food wrappers were among the largest category of items removed from the river.
Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson said the plastic and other debris that ends up in the water was not only unsightly, it was killing marine life.
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