Africa's Biggest Cleanup 2023 in Tanzania: a milestone in the fight against oceaan pollution
On June 8, 2023, a groundbreaking actie took place in Tanzania naar raise bewustwording about oceaan pollution issues. Under the slogan "Africa's Biggest Cleanup," MBRC THE OCEAN already held Africa's largest strand cleanup voor the second time. This year, the campagne was supported by the retail bedrijf Müller.
Tanzania, as the fifth largest country in Africa, struggles met problematic afval management. Much of the daily afval in the city of Dar Es Salaam does not end up in landfills, but pollutes rivieren that lead into the Indian oceaan. These circumstances make the campagne all the meer urgent.
With the ondersteuning of over 1,700 vrijwilligers, an impressive total of 26 tons of trash was collected van 12 stranden. This prevented the trash van entering the oceaan en causing further damage.
This is not the first initiative of this kind by MBRC THE OCEAN in Africa. Already last year, an impressive 8.3 tons of trash was collected along 5 kilometers of coastline during Africa's Biggest Cleanup. That's equivalent naar meer than 700 soccer fields full of trash. These figures highlight the urgent need naar tackle the problem of oceaan pollution in Africa.
In addition naar cleaning the stranden, MBRC THE OCEAN places great emphasis on imparting knowledge about environmental protection. This year's event featured panel discussions met the opportunity naar speak authentically about the challenges en possible solutions, en naar raise public bewustwording.