Litter location
The KLIS monitoring sites are in mangroves in urban estuaries.
The KLIS monitoring sites are in mangroves in urban estuaries and are not associated with specific land-use sites such as retail precincts, parks or residential areas. Those land-use types will feature in the land-based Australian Litter Measure, which was piloted in 2021.
In 2022–23, there were 10 KLIS survey locations:
- North Coast
- Ballina, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie
- Mid Coast
- Stockton, Taree
- Sydney
- Muddy Creek (Arncliffe), Meadowbank (Ryde)
- South Coast
- Batemans Bay, Merimbula, Narooma.
Location of litter by site
The chart below outlines the proportion of litter found across the different KLIS survey locations.
As expected, areas with more people had more litter. The 2 Sydney sites accounted for over 80% of the litter.