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Poly island formed by trees falling over, creating natural litter trap, says official. Hennops Revival clean up the Hennops river as it flows throught the Irene Country Club, 20 October 2020. Hennops revival is a NPO that dedicates itself to cleaning the Hennops river and creating awareness of this natural resource as well as creating jobs for the surrounding communities. Picture: Neil McCartney More than 300 bags of recyclables were removed from a poly island which acts as a natural litter trap in the Hennops River in Centurion. Experts warn the heap of litter may be bad for the communities in the long run. Over the past weekend, the Hennops Revival organisation, along with other volunteers, removed about 330 bags from the poly island, of which 150 bags were just bottles and the remaining 180 bags of polyst ....
<p>For a change, those involved in the most recent clean-up of the Hennops river clean-up removed hyacinth, instead of rubbish which had accumulated and flowed into it.</p> ....
Eco-crisis as crude oil, raw sewage flow into Durban harbour Lauren Walford Picture: Berea Mail In response to this crisis, a ‘Save Durban Harbour’ Facebook group has been set up to bring awareness of the pollution problem in Durban Harbour. Eco-activists are up in arms regarding reports of crude oil and raw sewage flowing into the Bay and Durban Harbour over the festive period. According to activist Delwyn Pillay from Greenpeace, the oil and sewage have resulted in massive fish kills in the area. He said there has been no response from the relevant authority, including Transnet Port Authority. Sewage is seen in the water. ....
River soldiers fight to heal the Hennops 17 Dec 2020 Fresh ngo setting up wire traps to capture pastic waste flowing into the kaalspruit river in midrand. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G) Beneath a huddle of mealie fields in Tembisa, Willem Snyman and Sibusiso Dlomo are deep in the wetland trenches of the Kaalspruit, fighting to save the polluted Hennops River. The two navigate a teetering mound of slippery floating plastic and polystyrene that has been caught in a huge web-like wire mesh litter trap they’ve erected. As they walk, their boots sink in the waste. But they no longer notice the stench of sewage and decay from the Kaalspruit, the most significant and dirtiest tributary of the blighted Hennops. ....