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The Litterboom Project is S.A's first large scale river interception program, which focuses on stopping marine plastic pollution from ending in the ocean!
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13/05/2026

The Cape teams are back on the ground after the storm.

Clearing, sorting and getting straight back to work where it’s needed most.

This is the steady, daily work behind cleaner rivers.

12/05/2026

The kind of work you only notice when it stops.

In the first quarter of this year, our Mangroves team removed 19,416kg of waste from this important river mouth environment.

Of that, 4,339kg was sent for recycling and 15,077kg was cleared to landfill.

It’s muddy boots, heavy bags, sorting, clearing and coming back again the next day.

A small team making a real difference where river, ocean and community meet.

08/05/2026

Happy 100th birthday to Sir David Attenborough — someone who helped generations better understand the beauty, fragility and importance of the natural world.

Thank you for reminding people that protecting our oceans starts long before the coastline.

Your storytelling continues to inspire action around the world. 🌍

28/04/2026

Hazendal boom, Black River — before and after.

Waste builds up here over just a few days.
If it’s not intercepted it moves on.

Our river wardens work daily to stop this waste before it reaches the ocean and impacts the life that depends on it, which includes us!

23/04/2026

The ocean’s plastic problem starts upstream. So do we.

From rivers to coastlines, this is what it looks like to stop waste where it can still be contained, intercepted and removed — before it reaches the ocean.

Support the work on the ground and help us stop plastic where it starts by visiting www.thelitterboomproject.com

21/04/2026

What a morning.
49 volunteers joined us at Beachwood for Earth Day, removing 57 landfill bags and collecting 22 bags for recycling.

It was especially good to have young people from , .college on the beach with us.

And to our partners — thank you for helping make these Beach Jams possible. Your support helps turn a simple clean-up into something bigger: shared action for the coast.

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17/04/2026

We just cleaned the Langa canal — and the numbers speak for themselves.
34 people.
200 metres of river.
3 000 bags.
6 tonnes of waste.
Mattresses, textiles, and trash that never belonged in a waterway.
The river fills up again and again. So do we.
We proved it’s possible. Now we’re doing it repeatedly.
Cleaning buys time. Fixing the root cause is the real goal — and that work is underway. But these sites can’t be abandoned in the meantime.
We need more River Wardens and committed partners who show up consistently.
If this river matters to you, and you want to help keep it clean — not just clean it once — we want you on our team.
Link in bio to partner with The Litterboom Project and make a real difference.

15/04/2026

For all our surfers out there — wax combs have landed in the TLP Shop.

Made from plastic intercepted in our rivers, each comb carries a bigger story with it: keeping waste out of the ocean and putting it back to use in a practical way.

Available now in a range of colours, with every purchase supporting our work on the ground.

Grab yours via the link in our profile.

For bulk orders, custom requests or stockist enquiries, please get in touch with us directly.

09/04/2026

🌍Be part of the Great Global Clean Up This Earth Day!

Join us for a Beach Jam Session at Beachwood Beach on 18 April from 7am to 10am and be part of a growing movement that refuses to accept pollution as the norm.

Whether you're a regular cleaner, a first-timer, or just someone who loves this coastline — come get your hands dirty for a good cause. Let's show Beachwood some love together.

📍 Beachwood Beach
🕖 7:00am – 10:00am
📅 18 April 2025

Grab yourself a well earned coffee or breakfast from Rendezvous Cafe at Beachwood Golf Course afterwards.

Tag a friend you're bringing along 👇 See you there!

Thanks to our Beach Jam partners raetzer Robsons , MetPac-SA, ARB Electrical Wholesalers, Defender and EarthDay.org for helping us grow these mornings, and to Tuffy Brands for making sure we are well stocked with bags.

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