Transnet marks coastal cleanup day
On Friday, 20 September employees at the Port of Durban banded together in an effort to clean the shores of the Bayhead Natural Heritage site.
HUNDREDS of volunteers supported various programmes hosted by Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) to mark International Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday, 21 September.
On Friday, 20 September employees at the Port of Durban banded together in an effort to clean the shores of the Bayhead Natural Heritage site, focusing on recyclable materials, and collecting plastic separately from the other litter lining the shore to be recycled and reused in the future. The Durban harbour is an estuary to many of the rivers branching off into the KwaZulu Natal hinterlands and with heavy rainfall, it becomes the gathering point for much of the province’s trash.
“Thousands of tons of garbage end up in the oceans every year and International Coastal Clean-up Day encourages people to get out to our beaches and help to limit this problem by cleaning up the garbage that has washed up on shore. It is only through collective efforts to educate South Africans about reducing waste, and by teaming up to collect trash, that we can make a difference,” said TNPA PR consultant, Jozi Meth.
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