South Coast beaches cleaned up

SOUTH Coast residents donned their rubber gloves and picked up their rubbish bags last Saturday in order to be part of International Coastal Clean-up Day. This is a global marine clean-up initiative involving thousands of people from all around the world and which always takes place on the third Saturday of September.

Originally, the idea was to clear litter from the coastlines of the world but the International Coastal Clean-up now includes cleaning inland lakes, rivers and streams. It is the world’s largest voluntary effort to care for the ocean. Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife honorary officers co-ordinated the clean-up.