More than 700kg of rubbish collected from abandoned homeless camp with the help of school kids

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School kids have been brought in to help clean up an abandoned homeless camp on the New South Wales Central Coast.

"That's why we're here doing what we do."

They were one of the many school groups Clean4Shore has taken out to remove rubbish from waterways over the past 13 years.Students on the most recent trip collected more than 700 kilograms of rubbish from Brisbane Water and Narara Creek, which were only minutes away from Gosford's CBD. The students spotted houseboat cushions, bottles, polystyrene, crates, balls and industrial plastics.The students found polystyrene pieces along the foreshore.Mr Funnel said it was confronting and concerning that mental health issues and the housing crisis were not being addressed.

"It's just too much for the kids to take but they can take a little bit and they understand that this is what happens in the community," she said.The students take their haul of rubbish away from Narara Creek.

 

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