This past weekend saw the 21st year in which South Africa participated in the International Coastal Clean-Up (ICC) – an annual event that has become the biggest, global volunteer effort for ocean health. “We coordinated more than 400 beach clean-up points around the Cape and 40 in KZN in partnership with the KZN Marine Waste Network members on Saturday alone. This excludes … [Read more...]
New cleanup campaign for Water Week 2012
An umbrella organisation for the plastics industry will be using National Water Week (18-23 March 2012) as a platform to launch one of the Sustainability Council’s Waste Management Strategies for 2012. “Our Clean Up and Recycle theme for 2012 is “Berg2Beach” and we want to encourage all South Africans to help keep the country clean, from the mountains to the oceans” says … [Read more...]
