Plastic Pollution Initiative

One River | 70 Black Bags Of Plastic Removed Every Day?

Human nature should not destroy mother nature: Here are some insights into the dire state of our Rivers in Cape Town, SA. Plastic, human waste, health concerns and many more...These arteries we call Rivers are our life support system and and we are inextricably linked to our oceans...

Up until now I thought Asia was the culprit of plastic pollution. You won't believe my findings in South Africa, from Natal, Durban to Cape Town...

A non-prof.org look after the Liesbeek River (Southern Suburbs) They remove on average 260 black bags of plastic form only ONE SECTION a month, “it is ever increasing at an enormous rate” says a lecturer from UCT. All the rivers flow into the sea.

Have you seen the dire state of the Black River Parkway on the highway? All along the N2 on the left side as you come into the city from Somerset-West? Various insights from students in UCT doing their thesis on our rivers are shocking and too much to add here. These rivers are doomed because they run past Athlone and also a lot of informal settlements and factories such as Paarden Eiland factories straight into the sea. They use this river as a sewerage outlet and a trash can.

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