South Africa: Villagers Throw Rubbish in Rivers As Municipality Battles Waste Crisis

South Africa: Villagers Throw Rubbish in Rivers As Municipality Battles Waste Crisis

With no refuse removal services, illegal dumping is commonplace

Villagers throw rubbish in rivers as municipality battles waste crisis

With no refuse removal services, illegal dumping is commonplace

How Illegal Dumping Affects South Africa’s Rivers - Infrastructure news

In a perfect world waste would never interact with the water supply. The reality is that South Africa’s service delivery, corruption and lack of environmental enforcement leads to massive quantities of waste in our rivers and dams. Tarryn Johnston, founder and CEO of Hennops River Revival and Deep Water Movement, has devoted her life to fixing South Africa’s rivers. She spends countless hours organising clean-ups and meetings to ensure the count…