The shores at Lagoon Beach in Milnerton witnessed a heartening surge in participation last week as a growing number of volunteers turned out for the latest beach clean-up.
TygerBurger reported last week (“Poll looks at why few help”, 14 February) about the lack of local involvement in the Milnerton area.
Zoë Prinsloo from Save a Fishie says she looked at the poll results and listened to what the community had to say.
“Saturday mornings are difficult for some people to attend clean-ups. So we held a Sunday clean-up,” she says.
Prinsloo says 13 residents from Milnerton joined among the 30 volunteers. Together they picked up a whopping 162,2kg of litter.
“An unbelievable amount of broken glass and loads of metal bottle caps. Public drinking at that parking area is still proving to be a huge problem. Quite a large number of nappies, a gazillion lollipop and earbud sticks and cigarettes – and of course clothing, plastic bags, condoms, a dead fish and all the other usual suspects,” she says.
To have your say as to why you do not attend beach clean-ups, visit the Save a Fishie’s Facebook page.
