IN celebration of World Whale’s Day recently, Clean Surf Project members, along with the community and eThekwini Municipality, collected 621.50kg of recyclable and general waste at Umbogintwini Beach and Rivermouth.
“The municipality services beaches daily, focusing on bathing areas and surroundings extending to the north and south of such locations. Therefore, we focus on non-bathing beaches that are situated close to rivers as most litter is being flushed from storm water drains and pipes into canals and rivers, ending up in the ocean and along our coastline,” said Clean Surf Project’s founder, Denzil van der Westhuizen.
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Although eThekwini Municipality cannot give a set schedule of beach clean ups for the rest of the year, they do try align them with the international environmental calendar.
Clean Surf Project, in collaboration with community members, the private sector as well as the support from eThekwini Municipality District 5, is planning to focus on the following environmental dates:
- March 18: Global Recycling Day
- March 22: World Water Day
- June 5: World Environment Day
- June 8: World Oceans Day
- September 17: International Coastal Clean Up Day
- National Marine Week: in the second week of October
Community members, educational institutions and/ or private businesses can contact Clean Surf Project to get more information about and/ or support upcoming clean-up operations and educational programmes on 082 802 3353/ 083 733 6468 or cleansurfproject@gmail.com.
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