Face masks, plastic containers from cargo ship wash up on Sydney's beaches

Debris from the ship is likely to continue washing up on beaches for several days.

Debris on Malabar Beach in Sydney. Source: Randwick Council/Twitter

Beaches in Sydney’s east have been cleaned after cargo including face masks and plastic takeaway containers washed ashore on Wednesday.

The materials came from the Singaporean-flagged APL England, a cargo ship that lost 40 containers on Sunday in rough seas off the NSW coast.

Shipping containers resting precariously on the cargo ship

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