Grey Environmental Warriors volunteers

07/04/2025

Very informative please watch.
GREENWASHING EXPOSED - March 2025.

DescriptionJoin us for an insightful webinar as we uncover the realities of greenwashing in the building industry and explore the role of Eco-Labels and Envi...

04/04/2025

Farms all across South Africa are been polluted by plastic waste blown off trucks, the plastic enters the food chain through the plants root systems.
This is the Atlantis 304 Accumulation Zone.

26/03/2025

Every time it rains the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) go into the ocean via storm water drains. Uncombusted materials, car oil and fluids, all the gunk on the roads, p*e and poo, all flow into surfers corner.
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2025-03-25-university-researchers-uncover-toxic-legacy-in-klip-river/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook =1742927355

Risk Assessment of Toxic Chemical Pollutants in Stormwater run-off.Why you should avoid swimming and surfing during and just after rains, especially where St...

22/03/2025

Snotbol Hunting:
Abandoned, lost, or otherwise
discarded fishing gear (ALDFG).
1 month sample Surfers Corner Muizenberg.
Note 90% of the line is cleaned up by the EPWP.

Ghost fishing gear lost “Per Year”:
740,000 kilometres of longline mainlines
3,000 square kilometres of gill nets
218 square kilometres of trawl nets
75,000 square kilometres of purse seine nets
14 billion hooks lost at sea “Per Year”
fishers lose over 25 million pots and traps “Per Year”
14 billion longline hooks “Per Year”

all weighing 640,000 tons “Per Year”.

Longline fishing gear littering the Ocean each year can circle the Earth more than 18 times.
Lines are made from synthetic polymers
such as nylon,
polyethylene or polyvinylidene fluoride.
The durability of synthetic materials
makes ghost gear particularly harmful.
It can persist in the ocean for hundreds of years,
continuing to trap and kill marine life.

19/03/2025

https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2025/jan/30/how-reduce-environmental-footprint

As fires tear through California and Trump sets back efforts to curb the rise of global temperatures, what can individuals do to make a difference?

17/03/2025

Chinese Copper mine disaster 50 million liters of waste containing concentrated acid, dissolved solids and heavy metals to flow into a stream that links to the Kafue River, Zambia’s most important waterway.

Authorities and environmentalists in Zambia fear the long-term impact of an acid spill at a Chinese-owned mine that poisoned a major river and could potentially affect millions of people after signs of pollution were detected at least 100 kilometers downstream.

01/03/2025

Pollution Report 23rd February 2025
Surfers Corner Accumulation Zone
25m by 15m area

Please note Accumulation zones are Toxin Hotspots as the sheer volume of waste concentrates toxins in the accumulation zones, creating an "exposure multiplier" effect. The dangers are amplified because these accumulation zones create concentrated hotspots for chemical leaching and microplastic generation.
Accumulation zones.
Areas where plastic waste of similar densities and makeup accumulate due to wind and water currents. Accumulation zones are generally perpendicular to the wind and/or water currents,
like litter fences trapping waste streams.
Some accumulation zones will be predominately hard plastics,
while other accumulation zones will be predominately Styrofoam,
or lighter plastics like packets.

01/03/2025

19/02/2025

Please note Accumulation zones are Toxin Hotspots as the sheer volume of waste concentrates toxins in the accumulation zones, creating an "exposure multiplier" effect. The dangers are amplified because these accumulation zones create concentrated hotspots for chemical leaching and microplastic generation.

Accumulation zones.
Areas where plastic waste of similar densities and makeup accumulate due to wind and water currents. Accumulation zones are generally perpendicular to the wind and/or water currents,
like litter fences trapping waste streams.

Some accumulation zones will be predominately hard plastics,
while other accumulation zones will be predominately Styrofoam,
or lighter plastics like packets.

19/02/2025

From Waste to Resource: The Promise of Mixed Waste Sorting meeting, they still believe plastic is recycled

16/02/2025

We clean Surfers Corner Accumulation zone 5 times a week every week. Syringes and condoms however we do get international visitors.

11/02/2025

Deepdive Podcast: Hands Off Hoerikwaggo: Defending Table Mountain’s Biodiversity and Water Security

Table Mountain, known as Hoerikwaggo ("Mountain in the Sea") by the indigenous Khoi people, is a global icon of ecological and cultural significance. Yet, it faces relentless destruction from private developments and expanding vineyards that poison its water sources and threaten its unparalleled biodiversity. This must stop. Every meter lost to development is a meter lost to humanity, history, and the planet’s future.
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Why No Further Development Should Be Allowed on Table Mountain.
🌿 A Global Biodiversity Hotspot at Risk
• Table Mountain is home to the highest concentration of threatened species of any continental area of equivalent size.
• It is part of the Cape Floral Kingdom, the richest and smallest floral kingdom on Earth, boasting over 8,200 plant species—80% of which are fynbos, and many are endemic (found nowhere else).
• The mountain holds more plant species per square kilometre than the Amazon rainforest, making it an irreplaceable ecological treasure.
• The destruction of Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos, Peninsula Granite Fynbos, Peninsula Shale Renosterveld, and Afromontane forests—all unique to this mountain—pushes species closer to extinction.

03/02/2025

We will be in conversation with film director Rehad Desai at this screening of Capturing Water in Makhanda on 6 November. All welcome.