{"id":199738,"date":"2019-04-03T12:40:06","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T10:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/?p=199738"},"modified":"2019-04-03T12:53:08","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T10:53:08","slug":"the-tide-is-turning-keeping-the-ocean-clean-an-increasing-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/the-tide-is-turning-keeping-the-ocean-clean-an-increasing-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"The tide is turning, keeping the ocean clean an increasing trend!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Few of my Blog readers will know that I have taken the stream near the Camps Bay Tidal Pool under my wing, cleaning it twice a day. One piece of paper or plastic litter in a stream has made me see it all over Camps Bay, when I walk the Promenade twice a day, and sadly everywhere I go in Cape Town. I was delighted that Adidas and Parley have joined forces, to turn ocean plastic into shoes. <\/p>\n

It was on 2 January of this year when my interest in and concern for the ocean commenced, \"\"shocked at the state of the Camps Bay stream, which flows directly into the Atlantic ocean. The first day of January is a notorious day in Camps Bay, the beach overrun with beach goers and picnickers, and I could not believe how much litter was in the stream itself when I walked past it the following day. What started as a photograph and an angry comment on Facebook about the state of the stream, led me to realise that being angry was not going to get the stream clean, so I grabbed a garbage bag from home, and went back to the stream, filling the bag with all the litter that was in the stream. From that day onwards I started walking twice a day, checking up on the stream, and wearing gloves now, to clean not only the stream, but both sides of Victoria Road on the promenade in Camps Bay.<\/p>\n

Sadly, I was like other beach goers, walking over or around litter, thinking that someone else would clean it up and throw it away in one of the many bins in Camps Bay. But the Cape Town Council is understaffed, and at best their staff empty the contents of the green bins into blue bags, and once in a while I see staff with brooms sweeping gutters and pavement too. But the litter is all over, on the lawns and the beach too. I have requested my fellow Camps Bay residents to assist me in this task, but like most of the restaurants in Camps Bay, they wait for the Council cleaners to clean up the litter outside the businesses, not getting involved. I have received the odd compliment and thank you from locals and German Tourists, but I have yet to see any Camps Bay local or tourist pick up any litter.<\/p>\n

Seeff Atlantic Seaboard invests in Camps Bay, sponsors beach clean-up by Straatwerk!<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n