Durban – eThekwini Municipality said about 44 000 bags of litter have been collected over the past four days at beach clean-ups held across the city after the recent floods.
Municipal spokesperson Msawakhe Mayisela said on Easter Friday, 8 800 bags were collected from the Pipeline and eManzimtoti beaches while around 2 700 bags were collected south of eManzimtoti beach.
“A simultaneous clean-up was held along the central beaches – 230 bags were collected at the Bluff beaches and 1 100 bags collected along the (city) beachfront,” he said.
Mayisela said that on Saturday, another 5 100 bags were collected along the Pipeline and eManzimtoti beaches and 4 100 bags were collected south of eManzimtoti Beach.
He said a further 280 bags were collected at Bluff beaches while 500 bags of rubbish were collected along the Durban beachfront.
The clean-up continued on Easter Sunday with the collection of 4 000 bags along the Pipeline and eManzimtoti beaches and 1 600 bags of rubbish collected south of Toti Beach.
“An additional 190 bags were collected at Bluff beaches on the same day while 1 200 bags were collected from the beachfront,” said Mayisela.
Mayisela said that 300 bags of litter were collected at Bluff beaches and 1 500 bags were collected from the Durban beachfront on Monday.
“About 12 450 bags of litter were collected during the four-day period along the city’s northern beaches, including uMhlanga Main, uMdloti, and Westbrook,” he said.
The city said the bags were disposed of at the Springfield dump site and that there was also a skip at Jet Ski by Laguna Beach.
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