Clean Beach Chalenge Award

Strand Winner of the Clean Beach Challenge
Collex Resource Conservation and Waste Management Award

Collex Resource Conservation and Waste Management Award
This award for Townsville's Strand beach recognises outstanding accomplishment in resource conservation and waste management.

Judges look for evidence of community, business and/or local council initiatives in the conservation of natural resources, the recovery and reuse of "waste" materials and the appropriate disposal of non-recyclables, including:

Mulching and reuse of suitable green waste
Adequate, well placed recycling bins/facilities
Appropriate directional signage to recycling facilities and/or services
Collection and re-use/recycling of glass, paper, cardboard, aluminium, plastic, oil
Collection and appropriate disposal of non-recyclable materials
Incorporation of waste management activities into a broader waste management strategy for the beach
Water minimisation practices and/or devices (eg automatic shut-off taps on public toilets and showers, water storage evaporation protection)
Energy minimisation practices and/or devices at public facilities (eg long-life light globes, solar-heated/powered public facilities or services, automatic light shut-off switches - where safety is not compromised)
Community education and/or consultation activities with regard to resource conservation and waste management at the beach;
Partnerships between council, community and/or business in effective resource conservation and waste management activities at the beach

Initiatives on the Strand that were instrumental
in winning the prize include:

Water efficient sub-surface irrigation
Mulching and reuse of green waste
Use of sensors and timers on lighting to save on power
Use of spring-loaded taps and showers for conserving water
Community involvement
Collection of litter daily by Strand workers

The environmental theme is also abundant in the artwork on the strand. Below is text of a plaque dedicated to the work of local artist Anne Lord.

Flotsam and Jetsam
1999

Glass Bricks and Photographic images printed on metal plate

Over a period of 10 years, Anne Lord recorded common objects washed up on the Strand. Discarded items in these images may have been used by locals, visitors or even people oceans away.

The artist was interested in the Strand as a well-loved recreational place with its by-products of human activity.

Questions may be asked about where these objects originated and where they go.

Anne Lord is a multimedia artist whose work confronts environmental degradation and paradoxically reveals the grace of nature.