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From the archive · 2018

Cape Town local gets beached cleaned up using social media

On Thursday the 7th of June, frequent beach goer and local James Hallett uploaded a video to Facebook showing the polution situation at the Milnerton beach front. In the video he shows the vast amounts of plastic…

By Joshua Roode2 min read
Published 9 June 2018· Updated 13 July 2018

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On Thursday the 7th of June, frequent beach goer and local James Hallett uploaded a video to Facebook showing the polution situation at the Milnerton beach front.  In the video he shows the vast amounts of plastic bottles and rubbish that has washed on the local shores.  Take a look at the video and read on to see what happened next. But Before we go there - make sure you like our Facebook Page for more Awesome Cape Town News, views, pics and Videos: What followed after the video and appeal to the City of Cape Town is fantastic.  Locals saw the post on Facebook and  rallied together to help clean up the beach. Not long after the City of Cape Town arrived and everyone was stuck in. Heleen Mills commented with the following video [video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://ctia.ocmo.co.za/assets/bf0c0316-61c7-47a2-99ab-3efbef9e0b14"][/video]

James Hallet followed up showing the changes, updated with many thanks to all

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Heleen Mills also posted some photos from the amazing clean up.

Thank you to all who got involved in making this amazing on the spot clean up happen. Like our Facebook Page for more Awesome Cape Town News, views, pics and Videos:
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Cape Town local gets beached cleaned up using social media