More than 3,000 plastic bags cleared from Walcha paddock in one day

Vanessa Arundale
Updated January 7 2017 - 10:07pm, first published 12:23am
Bagged: Tony Martin and his mother Shirley stand in one of the paddocks adjacent to the Walcha rubbish dump. On the day this photo was taken the paddock was the cleanest it had been in a long time according to the Martins.
Bagged: Tony Martin and his mother Shirley stand in one of the paddocks adjacent to the Walcha rubbish dump. On the day this photo was taken the paddock was the cleanest it had been in a long time according to the Martins.

The damage plastic bags can do to the environment is well documented however the danger is closer to home than many realise according to one local family.

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Vanessa Arundale

Vanessa Arundale

Senior Journalist Northern Tablelands and North West

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