Waste Awareness Programme launches, fun activities planned for beachgoers | Waste Awareness Programme launches, fun activities planned for beachgoers | | <img alt="" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/PublishingImages/Beaches-Header.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p>The City of Cape Town’s Public Awareness, Communication and Education (PACE) Team, and Bingo the anti-litter mascot, are visiting various beaches as part of the City’s Festive Season Waste Awareness Programme. The team will be visiting 10 major beaches around Cape Town during the school holidays to help discourage littering with fun activities for beachgoers.<br></p> | <p>As December approaches and the school year closes, it's time for fun in the sun for residents and tourists alike. </p><p>Unfortunately though, fun in the sun also normally comes with increased litter at the city's beaches. </p><p>As such, the City's Public Awareness and Education Team, and the anti-litter mascot Bingo, will be heading down to beaches to remind revellers that it's possible to have a good time, but still to look after the environment while you're at it.</p><p>During the visits the team will be running a programme of fun games and activities like volleyball with Bingo, spot the Bingo bin, music and dance, with great prizes for all participants. </p><p><span><figure class="subtopic-fullsize-img"><img class="responsive" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/PublishingImages/Bingo%20at%20the%20beach.jpeg" alt="" style="width:802px;" /></figure></span>'I am calling on visitors to have fun, but also to please respect our beaches and recreational areas this festive season. If everyone can make sure they bin it in a Bingo bin, we can make it a summer to remember for all the right reasons,' said Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Waste Management, Alderman Grant Twigg.</p><p>The team will be visiting the following beaches over December/January:</p><table cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="ms-rteTable-default"><tbody><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="width:25%;">December 2023</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="width:25%;"></td><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="width:25%;"></td><td class="ms-rteTable-default" style="width:25%;"></td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Sunday</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">3 December</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Camps Bay Beach </td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">10:00-15:00</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Friday </td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">8 December</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">St James Beach </td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">10:00-15:00</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Saturday </td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">9 December</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Lagoon Beach </td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">10:00-15:00</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Sunday </td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">10 December</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Big Bay Beach </td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">10:00-15:00</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Friday </td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">15 December</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Blouberg Beach </td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">10:00-15:00</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Wednesday </td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">20 December</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Strand Beach </td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">10:00-15:00</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Thursday </td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">21 December</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Hout Bay Harbour Beach </td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">10:00-15:00</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Friday </td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">22 December</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Muizenberg </td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">10:00-15:00</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">January 2024</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default"></td><td class="ms-rteTable-default"></td><td class="ms-rteTable-default"></td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Friday </td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">5 January</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Lagoon Beach </td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">10:00-15:00</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Saturday </td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">6 January</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Big Bay Beach </td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">10:00-15:00</td></tr><tr><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Sunday </td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">7 January</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">Blouberg Beach</td><td class="ms-rteTable-default">10:00-15:00<br></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p> | 2023-12-02T22:00:00Z | GP0|#1d539e44-7c8c-4646-887d-386dc1d95d70;L0|#01d539e44-7c8c-4646-887d-386dc1d95d70|City news;GTSet|#62efe227-07aa-45e7-944c-ceebacca891d | | | | | GP0|#8df52855-7e66-4f37-a95a-973b1dab9784;L0|#08df52855-7e66-4f37-a95a-973b1dab9784|litter;GTSet|#2e3de6c1-9951-4747-8f53-470629a399bb | 1 | | | | | | | | | | City of Cape Town, Media Office | 0 |