Freshwater

Freshwater – Actions

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Practical actions that can help managers reduce waste pollution in the Freshwater impact area include:

Community clean-up campaigns
Treatment wetlands
Litter vacuum systems
Street sweepers
Treatment wetlands
Constructed treatment systems
Sediment traps
Vegetated buffers and swales
Litter booms
High flow bio-filtration technology
Gross pollutant traps
Gravity filtration technology
High efficiency coalescing separator
Stormwater filter systems
Full capture storm drain netting systems
Litter-collecting wheels and conveyors
In water oil and litter removal systems
Microplastic laundry filters
Marine filters
Litter clean-up kits
Cleaning stations
Manual waste collection - waterways
Manual waste collection - land
Reduced waste and alternative products
Stockpile covers and bags
Landfill covers
Automatic underground waste collection

Last updated: 10 May 2021

This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2021) Freshwater – Actions, WetlandInfo website, accessed 1 February 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/management/pressures/litter-illegal-dumping/sinks/fresh-water/management.html