The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment will be hosting clean-up activities across the country on Saturday,18 September 2021 for International Coastal Clean-up Day.
This year the day is commemorated under the theme: “Keep Trash in the Bin and Not in the Ocean”.
The day will also conclude the National Clean-up and Recycle SA Week which is held annually every in September.
The Clean-up and Recycle Week SA initiative is intended to encourage communities to keep their environment clean and divert their waste away from the landfill sites through recycling, reusing and repurposing of waste materials.
Members of the media are invited to attend as follows:
Date: Saturday, 18 September 2021
Venues: Klein Brak Beach, Mossel Bay, Western Cape
Brighton Beach, Gqeberha, Eastern Cape
Second Beach, Port St Johns, Eastern Cape
Time: 9h00
For media RSVPs please contact:
Gaopalelwe Moroane on 0636979001 / gmoroane@environment.gov.za or Merle van Diemel on 0833019400/ mvandiemel@environment.gov.za
For media enquiries please contact:
Zolile Nqayi: 082 898 6483
E-mail: znqayi@environment.gov.za
