Many hands make clean beaches
Service clubs joined Zoe Prinsloo from Save a Fishie to clean-up South Coast beaches.
Zoe Prinsloo from Cape Town has so far collected more than four tons of rubbish along the South African coastline.
Her Save a Fishie Coast to Coast campaign entails her stopping off at coastal towns and suburbs to clean dirty beaches.
On the KZN South Coast, volunteers tackled Sunwich Port beach, the area under the Mmzimkulu River bridge, The Block in Port Shepstone and Port Edward main beach over two days recently.
At Sunwich Port, the Port Shepstone Teddies, Brownies, Girl Guides and Rangers, together with members from the Bendigo Conservation Group, the Port Shepstone Rotary Club and a few locals, collected a total of 95kg of litter.
This consisted of 150 alcohol bottles hidden in the bushes, along with fishing line, plastic bottles, hair braids, condoms, pairs of panties, lots of cigarettes and, of course, bottle tops.
At the Mmzimkulu bridge, Prinsloo, joined by the Port Shepstone Girl Guides, said they found a large number of plastic bottles that had washed up from the river and onto the sand under the bridge.
Despite the wind being a pain, they quickly filled about 10 bags weighing 56kg.
At The Block, Prinsloo was again helped by the Port Shepstone Girl Guides.
“More than 30 volunteers picked up 111kg of litter, taking them past the four-ton mark. Alcohol bottles in the bushes and on the beach, a variety of plastics including bottles, wrappers and bags, a broken rake, part of a plastic chair, fishing line, nappies and so much more,” said Zoe.
Zoe praised Port Edward Beach for being pretty clean.
“We headed down to the beach and were pleasantly surprised to find it nice and clean. We even searched the bushes and only found two alcohol bottles, which is kind of amazing, considering what we’ve been finding in all the other bushes by the sea.”
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