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Every year on the third Saturday of September, volunteers around the world take part in the world’s biggest coastal clean-up – the International Coastal Clean-up Day (ICCD).
On Saturday 17 September 2022 local volunteers joined in the annual cleanup event at the Wild Coast Sun’s Mzamba beach, with more than 30 eco warriors taking part.
The event has been held internationally each year since 1986, when people head to the beaches and remove debris and rubbish from shorelines, waterways, and the oceans. The ICC initiative worldwide remains the largest volunteer environmental data-gathering effort and clean-up event of coastal and underwater areas to date.
September is also Arbor month, and each participant in the local beach cleanup event received an indigenous tree as a gift of appreciation from the Wild Coast Sun.
After the beach cleanup, local entrepreneurs showcased and sold eco products such as vegetables, herbs and innovative items made from waste material at the Eco-Market, where Ithuba Community College impressed with their innovative up-cycled art products.
Wild Coast Sun is proud to play a role in not only keeping the environment clean, but impressing the importance thereof to the local communities and our guests, – said Wild Coast Sun General Manager Peter Tshidi.
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