Dumping is trashing Australian beaches, says CSIRO report

By Marc Moncrief
Updated September 15 2014 - 12:12pm, first published 11:30am
The report shows that 43 per cent of seabirds have ingested plastic.
The report shows that 43 per cent of seabirds have ingested plastic.

Illegal dumping is a primary source of rubbish on Australian beaches, according to the world's largest survey of coastal rubbish.

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