Alison Bryant of the Keep Plett Clean Campaign is the winner of the Caroline Reid Award for the Cleanup Champion of 2019. This new, annual award was established by Plastics|SA to recognise and reward excellence in South Africa by an individual in the field of marine and coastal clean-ups. Making the announcement during a gala dinner to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of … [Read more...]
International cleanup reveals SA’s biggest beach pollutants
The results of the 2018 International Coastal Clean-up, which took place on Saturday, 15 September 2018, have just been released. “For more than two decades, thousands of South African volunteers have been joining the rest of the world on the third Saturday of September to remove, collect and document the litter from our country’s coastlines. During the 2018 event, 19,563 … [Read more...]
Glass bottles and paper take-away bags ruin our beaches
Glass bottles and pieces and paper bags have taken over from PET bottles and bottle caps as macro pollutants on Cape beaches. This according to the results of the 20th International Coastal Clean-Up (ICC) that took place on Saturday 17 September. The ICC is an annual event and one of the highlights of the industry’s Clean-Up and Recycle Week SA. This year’s event was … [Read more...]
Join Clean-Up and Recycle Week SA this month
September is traditionally the month in which South Africans from all walks of life are encouraged to “spring clean” the environment in celebration of the arrival of spring. This year, the annual Clean-Up and Recycle Week SA will be taking place from the 15th to the 20th of September, culminating in National Recycling Day SA on Friday, 19 September and the 29th International … [Read more...]
Monthly beach cleanups become part of the norm
The International Coastal Cleanup in South Africa has achieved a great sense of maturity if we look at the monthly cleanups that has now become part of the norm on the coast, stimulated by the past International Coastal Cleanups where volunteers wanted to ensure that their section of coastline stays clean and serves as an outlet for the debris issue at sea. Furthermore, many … [Read more...]
World’s biggest volunteer effort for ocean health
The world’s largest annual volunteer effort for ocean health, the International Coastal Clean-Up (ICC), will once again take place this year on Saturday, 15 September 2012 when volunteers from all walks of life hit the country’s beaches between 09:00 – 12:00 in an effort to keep our country’s beaches beautiful and litter free. The first official clean-up was arranged by the … [Read more...]
