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We create,
collaborate
and care

Our vision is to:

  • Connect ocean communities, government and business.
  • Create, collaborate and care.
  • Protect, restore and regenerate our coastal heritage.
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OUR MISSION

Connecting people, protecting ocean health

Our mission is to effectively connect people, institutions and organisations, through evidence-based education and experiential learning, to keep South Africa’s beaches clean and healthy and to protect and enhance ocean health.

Our choices matter.
Our actions are far reaching.

On-the-go food packaging is the most common source of plastic pollution found on the South African coastline.

This comes from us.

OUR IMPACT

WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR

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7

TONS OF PLASTIC REMOVED FROM BEACHES
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190

DIRTY DOZEN BEACH CLEANUPS
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222

KM OF BEACHES CLEANED
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9653

PEOPLE INVOLVED
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Our Journey - The Beach Co-op Blog

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Our ocean – our heritage

Today, 24 September, we South Africans celebrate Heritage Day. This day embraces the true meaning of the Rainbow Nation by celebrating South Africa’s diversity of traditions, communities and cultural heritage.…
Nicole Martin
September 22, 2022

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“Our oceans are places of recreation and beauty and are home to a staggering diversity of life that deserves the right to continued existence.”

Aaniyah Omardien

FOUNDER & DIRECTOR
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