Scottburgh High pupils bin 30 bags of beach litter
The pupils who took part in the clean-up described the condition of the beach as 'shocking' and 'disgusting'.
COASTAL beach clean-ups need to become more of a regular activity due to the dreadful state of our local beaches.
The Interact Club from Scottburgh High School made it their duty to go out and clean Scottburgh beach last Friday afternoon. Even though the beach was cleaned earlier that morning by workers, the pupils still managed to collect 30 bin bags of rubbish. The pupils who took part in the clean-up described the condition of the beach as ‘shocking’ and ‘disgusting’.
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“Every clean up helps, but it would be more effective if people would do something like this more frequently,” said Nigel Eady of Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife.
The next time you go to the beach and decide to leave your litter there instead of disposing of it properly, think about the harm that it is doing to the environment and marine life.
The next time you are tempted to just throw your litter on the ground keep these statistics in mind.
An everyday plastic bag takes anything from 10-1000 years to decompose and sadly, this was the most common item found at the beach. The pupils properly disposed of just over 50 plastic bags.
Some other most common items found by the Interact Club pupils were cigarette butts which can take 10-12 years to decompose, food wrappers, plastic bottle caps and paper bags.
“People should start taking more responsibility for what they throw in the streets, gutters and chuck out their car windows as most of the time that same rubbish gets carried onto the beaches by stormwater drains,” added Mr Eady.
Some of the strangest items found on this recent clean up included a big dry bone of some sort, a potato, a belt and a metal chain.
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Pupils of the Interact Club from Scottburgh High School ready to tidy up Scottburgh beach last Friday afternoon.
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