• A shag strangled by a hair tie on East Fremantle’s foreshore.

ELASTIC hair ties are a menace.

Last year Friends of East Fremantle Foreshore member Wendy Wisniewski came across a shag, strangled by one of the colourful ties near the boat ramp opposite the Leeuwin Barracks.

“Since I saw that travesty, every single day without fail I find at least one hair elastic whilst out walking,” Ms Wisniewski told the Herald. Indeed, she found one minutes before our interview.

She says many probably get washed into drains and end up in the river, while joggers using the popular path around the river might also contribute to the problem. The hair ties join a tsunami of rubbish which she says has made the foreshore look “third world” at the moment.

A clean-up day jointly organised by the Ba’hai community and Friends is on Sunday June 8, 9.30-11.30am.

by STEVE GRANT

• Wendy Wisniewski and Bella King are ready to clean up East Fremantle’s foreshore. Photo
by Steve Grant