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Port Phillip beach cleaning
A combination of mechanical and manual cleaning keeps Port Phillip's beaches clean of litter and seaweed.
The level of cleaning varies with the temperature, beach attendances and special events.
In the summer months, our beaches are cleaned of litter and seaweed daily, starting at 4am and finishing at 10am, so the beaches are ready and waiting for you. The mechanical cleaning is increased to include Saturdays and Sundays on key beaches in combination with tideline cleans.
In the winter months, the beaches are mechanically cleaned once per week in combination with tideline cleans on a daily basis, Monday to Friday.
View the  Street and Beach Cleaning Map for details.
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Clean beaches are everyone's responsibility
Keeping the streets and beaches of Port Phillip clean is a responsibility shared by all - the council, state government, residents, traders and visitors.
The council's cleaning contractor, Streetsahead Cleaning Service, implements a rigorous manual and mechanical schedule all year round, from the early morning to the late of night, to keep our city looking good.
The annual street and beach cleaning budget for Port Phillip is $3,500,000. Of this, $685,000 is spent on beach cleaning, which includes a grant of $250,000 from the Victorian State Government.
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Our latest defence against litter
To further our beach cleaning efforts, the council will use a $100,000 bright aqua mechanical beach cleaner (pictured above) along the foreshore this summer.
Using a combined sieving and raking action, the beach cleaner has the improved function of picking up cigarette butts and other small pieces of litter such as glass, as well as the usual litter that is left on the beach. Of the litter left on our beaches, 58 per cent of it is cigarette butts.
Another benefit of the beach cleaner is that it can operate on wet and dry sand.
The beach cleaner will be used in combination with the council's manual beach cleaners who reach inaccessible areas of the foreshore such as vegetation, sand dunes and car parks. They also empty the 250 foreshore litter bins daily.
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Syringes, needlestick injuries and education
See syringes for detailed information about:
- Syringe disposal contract
- What to do if you find discarded syringes
- Needlestick injuries
- Awareness program
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Condoms (Discarded)
If you find a used condom on the beach or near your property and do not wish to remove it yourself, you can report it online using eServices.
If you have a question, concern or comment about the cleanliness of a beach use eServices to tell us online. If you prefer phone ASSIST on (03) 9209 6777 or (03) 9209 6765.
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