Vodacom collected more than 26 000 litter bags along SA coast

By Anele Siwa
05 January 2008

An estimate total of 26, 124 bags of marine litter has been gathered in less than three weeks, along South African coast.

“This is the latest progress up until 1 January 2008 on the Vodacom Beach Clean Up campaign which targets nineteen beaches along the South African coast,” says Vodacom’s Executive Head of Corporate Communications, Palesa Chabula.

According to Chabula the campaign has been launched on December 15 and is due to run until January 7, 2008.

Chabula says the project has been welcomed with open arms by beachgoers all over the South Africa.
“We have received an immensely positive response from locals as well as tourists encouraging us to keep up the good work along the beaches,” says Chabula.

According to Chabula one keen Port Elizabeth beach goer said the project was admirable and that it showed a concern by the large corporate company for the environment.

According to recent figures the Eastern Cape has accumulated an estimate of 9, 097 bags of marine litter within the three week period. It was reported that Jeffreys Bay alone gathered over 280 bags on the Day of Goodwill and on New Year’s Day Orient beach Vodacom cleaners gather 237 bags of litter.
Beaches in the Western Cape have seen a total of 5, 822 bags collected with Kwazulu Natal gathering 11, 205 bags to date.

“In certain places like the City of Cape Town where we have formed the partnership with the municipality and the council, we are performing exact duties of what the City of Cape Town’s cleaning staff would have done,” says Vodacom spokesperson Gareth Wilson.