The Kestrels Scout Patrol of 1st Claremont organized a cleanup event on August 10th to clean up litter in four local parks.
We planned our cleanup over two weekends and visited four different parks in Claremont:
Keurboom Park: This park had quite a lot of small rubbish, but there were also a few big bags of chips. We then walked from Keurboom to Rondebosch Park and had a quick drink at a restaurant nearby.
Rondebosch Park: This one was a bit more challenging. We found a lot of orange peels and a lot of large cardboard pieces and cigarette butts in a small area. Our patrol leader’s mom then drove us to the Tractor Park because it was very far away.
Tractor Park: We walked around the park and found lots of small pieces of rubbish and almost zero big pieces.
In the end we collected 4 bags of litter in the four parks. It was shockingly more than I expected.
-Declan Van Pallander
