START In support of World Cleanup Day, join the Two Oceans Aquarium Trash Bash team at Monwabisi beach and do your bit for the ocean! This is your chance to unite with individuals and organisations around the world, who are grabbing their gloves and buckets with the mission of cleaning up plastic from our beaches.
Event details:
- Date: Saturday, 21 September 2023Time: 09h00 to 11h00
- Location: Monwabisi, off Baden Powell Drive (keep an eye out for the Two Oceans Aquarium banners)
- What to bring: Weather-appropriate clothing, water (in a reusable bottle), reusable gloves (like the ones you use for gardening or doing dishes), a bucket and your enthusiasm.
Win: Make sure you stay until the end and stand a chance to win incredible prizes at our on-site lucky draw! There will be prizes from the Two Oceans Aquarium and its partners on the day.
World Cleanup Day was an initiative started in 2008 in Estonia to create awareness about the dangers of plastic pollution to ocean health. This inspired a global movement with a belief that one can make a difference in one day. This year World Cleanup Day has been added to the United Nations calendar, showing just how important it is to take action to clean up the world’s beaches. If you are looking to take take action, the Monwabisi Trash Bash is the perfect opportunity.
“Beach cleanups are vital as they prevent plastic and other trash from being deposited into the ocean and beyond our shores. Cleaning a beach is one of many easy and fun ways of contributing to our responsibility for ensuring a healthy natural environment, while providing data for scientific studies. It is also an opportunity to connect with nature,” said Helen Lockhart, Conservation & Sustainability Manager for the Two Oceans Aquarium.
The fight for a healthy ocean reaches beyond a single Trash Bash event, it is a daily endeavor we encourage our ocean loving community to take on. A first defence against plastic pollution in our oceans is to make more conscious decisions around our everyday plastic use. Some easy to implement suggestions are to buy fresh rather than prepacked fruit and vegetables, to pass on the balloons on your up-coming birthday party and opt for alternatives such as flags or bunting, refuse a straw for your drink or a lid for your takeaway coffee, and finally say no to single-use plastic bags.
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