The Stomp Awards run by the Commonwealth Litter Programme and Green Corridors NPC found the most amazing marine litter heroes in South Africa!
Cape Town, South Africa – We all know someone who is doing great things for the environment here in South Africa. We often share stories of individuals, groups, companies and communities working to clean up the environment and make South Africa a better place.
We have seen some incredible innovation take place here and are so proud of the people who have worked tirelessly to make a change. The Stomp Awards were created to celebrate the recycling heroes of South Africa.
The Commonwealth Litter Programme (CLIP), the international science and outreach programme working in partnership with governments, universities, NGOs and communities in countries across the Commonwealth to take action on plastics entering the oceans, has announced the introduction of its STOMP (Stamp Out Marine Plastic Pollution) Awards in South Africa.
The STOMP Awards formed part of a nationwide activation ahead of the Cape Town “CLIP Innovation Conference: STEM the tide of plastic waste in Africa” in Cape Town which took place on 4 and 5 December 2019.
The conference, which was co-hosted together with the Sustainable Seas Trust, aimed to practically address STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) solutions to tackling and preventing marine litter. Entries to the STOMP Awards were showcased at the conference and all entrants were invited to register for the free conference.
CLIP is led by the United Kingdom through the Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), funded by the UK’s Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), and has partnered with Green Corridors, a Durban based non-profit organisation to roll out the awards programme in South Africa.
Since the conference, the STOMP Award winners have been announced and there are so many inspiring stories that are now being highlighted.
“Winner of the Technical and Technology Design category was The Mermaid Tear Catcher, submitted by Clare Swithenbank-Bowman from the KwaZulu-Natal, North Coast.
The Product Award went to Patch Bamboo Plasters submitted by Dr Milliea Anis from Johannesburg.
From PE Luke Rudman’s The 12 Plastic Monsters, a performance artwork that uses plastic waste to convey the horror of plastic pollution won the Adult Inspire through Creativity Category.
The Youth Inspire through Creativity was won by The Oceano Reddentes NPC submitted by twelve-year-old Jade Bothma from the Western Cape, who started the non-profit that is “Saving the sea one piece of plastic at a time” through education, awareness, and research.”
The Special Recognition Award for Action went to Singakwenza, submitted by Julie Hay from Midlands KwaZulu-Natal.” – The Stomp Awards
You can find out more in detail about each of the five winners as well as the finalists that took part in the awards via their Facebook page.
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