Rotary Sandton tackles the spruit

The Rotary Club of Sandton continues to go above and beyond for its community.

Club members and volunteers spent the morning of 22 May getting their hands dirty as they tackled a section of the Braamfontein Spruit in the east of Bryanston.

The goal for the day was to remove all debris and litter from the Spruit. The team went over and above, collecting in excess of 60 bags filled with debris and litter.

According to club president David Haddon, water is one of humanities most precious commodities and it is one of Rotary International’s seven areas of focus. The Braamfontein Spruit, in particular, flows directly into Hartbeespoort Dam which is already heavily polluted.

“The Rotary Club of Sandton’s first goal in undertaking this river clean-up is to minimise the amount of pollution, particularly plastic flowing into the dam and secondly increase the awareness among our youth about the necessity to recycle and reduce the amount of waste,” he said.

Haddon added that it was always great to see the community come together, hoping that going forward people would be more conscious about how they treated the environment they lived in.

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