On Saturday 11 November, the People’s Post and City Vision teams joined the community for the final Trash Bash event of the year where a total of 145,3 kg of litter was collected. A total of 221 people, including aquarium staff, joined in the activities.
The Two Oceans Aquarium celebrated its 28th birthday on Monday 13 November with a Trash Bash at Muizenberg Beach, over the weekend.
On Saturday 11 November, the People’s Post and City Vision teams joined the community for the final Trash Bash event of the year where a total of 145,3 kg of litter was collected. A total of 221 people, including aquarium staff, joined in the activities.
Devon Bowen, marketing manager for the Two Oceans Aquarium, said the aquarium strives to continue making an impact in the tourism, conservation, and education industries.
“The Two Oceans Aquarium has established itself as a worthy counterpart within the international aquarium and tourism industries and continues to offer a fun and educational visit to those who enter its mesmerising underwater world.
“Furthermore, it has become a thought leader in marine conservation, education, and research.”
Clean-ups provide an opportunity to give back and create awareness about the impact of plastic pollution on our ocean.
Nawaal Salie, from Salt River who joined the clean-up with family and friends, said they found some interesting trash.
“We are doing this especially for the animals because we need to look after the environment for our children.
“We found a shredded Quran, cigarette buds, lollipop sticks and lots of plastic.”
Meanwhile, Emma Maratos (19) from Bergvliet said she was happy to attend her first beach clean-up.
“I thought that it must be fun and I’ve never been to a beach clean-up before, so I thought I would drag my mom and best friend to come with me – we could have a good time cleaning up the beach.”
Her best friend Jax Kingdom (18) said the beach was very sentimental to her. “I wanted to be here because the beach is very sentimental to me. We’ve mostly found food wrappers, lot of cigarette butts and bits and pieces.”
Nondumiso Mabena and Ncumisa Modebele from Nyanga filled their rubbish bags as they made their way from Muizenberg Beach towards Sunrise Beach. “We are just happy to be here and to clean-up the beach,” said Modebele.
