Over 150 participants joined together to tackle a beach clean-up at the launch of KZN Marine Waste Network South Coast, on Saturday, 14 March at Amanzimtoti Lagoon. Despite the sizzling hot morning a total of 203 bags of litter, weighing over one ton, was collected within one hour.
The organisation’s Romy Wenzel said, “The majority of plastic waste has been washed down from inland areas, entering the river and stormwater drains, and eventually making its way out to the sea, river embankments and the beachfront. Waste collected was separated on-site with the helping hands from Social Waste Management SA with recyclable waste being sent for recycling, instead of being taken to a landfill site.”
Clean Surf Project would like thank everybody that supported the clean-up, from community members, local schools, eThekweni Municipality Beach Management, parks department, lifesaving, law enforcement, councillor André Beetge, DSW, Sopro, Social Waste Management, WESSA, KOMPAS, Durban South Toyota, Sapphire Coast Tourism, Plastics SA, SA Health Foundation, Sasol, Polyco, Petco, and Polystyrene Association of South Africa. Cathy Colley was also the lucky winner of the name competition. She walked away with R5 000, proudly sponsored by Plastics SA, Petco, Polyco and the Polystyrene Association of South Africa.
The winning name of the pilot project, ‘Inkwazi Isu’ meaning the African Fish Eagle Project was launched at the event as well.
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Cathy explained why she believed that this name would aptly suit the project and said, “The name and symbolism came very easy to me, having been blessed to stay in Amanzimtoti most of my life, as well as being involved in a lot of community events and projects. The African fish eagle call is known as the ‘voice of Africa’ and I am blessed enough to hear that call weekly by nature of where I stay overlooking Hutchison Park and the Amanzimtoti River. I have regularly seen a pair of Fish Eagles fly and soar and hear that haunting call, up and down the Ilanda Wilds Valley. The fact that we have two fish eagles in the area, that the project covers, it just felt very significant to me. The Inkwazi Project, as a name and as a project, will be well represented, to ensure that the fish eagles remain here and hereby know that we are doing the right thing. We need to work together, to keep this beautiful bird of prey in the air and on land.”
For more information on the project, educational awareness campaigns and upcoming clean-ups, contact Clean Surf Project on 082-802-3353 or cleansurfproject@gmail.com.
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