LOGAN State Emergency Service members cleared three tonnes of rubbish from the Logan and Albert rivers during the early hours of Clean Up Australia Day.
The 18 SES members removed fridges, car tyres, fishing nets, wheelie bins, pallets, floor rugs, plastic bottles and cans from the riverbanks.
SES Local Controller Jim Ferguson said members got on six boats and searched the waterways from 6.30am on Sunday, March 3.
"A lot of the stuff we found would have come from the (2017) floods that only made its way to the edges," he said.
"The amount of rubbish we picked up was equal to what we have been previously. Some of what we found surprised us, like the fridge.
"We have done this on Clean Up Australia Day for the past four years. It is good training for us to drive a boat slowly through the river."
Mr Ferguson said people living in areas close to the river needed to be particularly careful with their rubbish.
"Don’t put your rubbish in river, it doesn’t belong there," he said.
Meanwhile, Yarrabilba parkrun held its own Clean Up Australia Day event inspired by Spenser Robinson.
Mr Robinson has a reputation for picking up rubbish wherever he goes, often venturing off the parkrun course to clear litter.
Yarrabilba parkrun supplied bags and rubber gloves to members to improve the local environment.
The Queensland Ahmadiyya Muslim community also recruited more than 300 volunteers to clean up three sites in Stockleigh, Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
Stockleigh Mosque Imam Wadood Janud said the Ahmadiyya community always supported Clean Up Australia Day events.
"One of the main reasons for this high turnout was that we regard this not only as our responsibility to our country but as part of our faith," he said.
"Service to your country is part of our faith."
