Propel Organization

FIRST RAIN. FIRST WARNING.

This image shows the reality of what the first rains can bring.

This is the amount of rubbish that was stopped from flowing into the ocean because of the barrier at Lumley Creek. Without that barrier, much of this waste would have travelled straight through the creek, into the sea, and eventually back to us again on our beaches and along our shoreline.

That is the dangerous cycle of poor waste management:
waste is dumped on land,
rain washes it into drains,
drains carry it into rivers and creeks,
rivers carry it into the ocean,
and the ocean brings it back to our beaches and back onto our land.

So this problem does not end in the streets.
It does not end in the drains.
It does not end in the ocean.

It comes back to us.

And the cost is enormous.

This kind of pollution damages marine life, contaminates our environment, and destroys the natural beauty of our coastline. It also creates serious health risks for our communities. Blocked drains and stagnant polluted water create breeding grounds for mosquitoes, flies, and bacteria. This increases the risk of malaria, cholera, typhoid, skin infections, diarrhoea, and other serious illnesses, especially during the rainy season.

Plastic waste also breaks down over time into smaller particles, polluting the water and the environment even further. What we throw away carelessly today becomes tomorrow’s environmental and public health crisis.

This is why the barrier matters.
This is why cleanup matters.
This is why proper waste management matters.

At Project EcoVision, we are not only stopping plastic from reaching the ocean — we are protecting our beaches, our health, our communities, and our future.

Let this image be a warning and a call to action.

What we dump today will come back tomorrow.
Let us act now.
Let us protect our drains, our rivers, our ocean, and our land.