Walvis Bay residents collect 3 tonnes of waste

By Confidente Reporter
AT Least 230 Walvis Bay resi­dents collected three tonnes (3000 kg) of waste from vari­ous areas in the coastal town during a daylong cleanup drive recently.
The municipality’s Public Rela­tions and Customer Service Division in a press statement said that the 230 participants represented gov­ernment, schools, churches, private and non-governmental organisations during the campaign that was held on 16 March.
They collected 3000 kg of waste in 903 black plastic bags from the B2 main road; C14 Rooikop Road and Union streets with the common goal of cleaning up the coastal town.
The campaign was designed by the municipality’s Department of Water, Waste and Environmental Manage­ment. It is a community clean-up project aimed at consolidating efforts to encourage the public and stake­holders to keep the environment clean.
Walvis Bay Mayor, Alderman Im­manuel Wilfried in a speech delivered by Councillor Paulus Kauhondamwa on that day, encouraged participants to remain custodians of the environ­ment while adding that the campaign was to develop positive behaviour towards t

he local environment and enhance social responsibility towards the country.
“No matter where you find yourself, continuously keep the environment you are in litter-free and waste-free.”
The cleanup campaign will take place on a quarterly basis. The first campaign took place last year in Kuisebmond and in Nar­raville between September and November 2017. To date, the Team Up to Clean Up has col­lected 5050 kg of litter and over 620 community members partic­ipated.
Meanwhile, the mayor has also called on councillors to carry out similar cleaning campaigns under various themes assigned to them while encouraging res­idents to share innovative ideas and solutions.