Africa-Press – Lesotho. In commemoration of World Clean-up Day which is celebrated annually on September 18th, The Hub together with Multinodal Development Consultants and Pheha Plastic are leading workshops for 100 Skills and Soup participants while also
collecting trash from various places of Morija. This initiative commenced on Monday and will end on Saturday this week. The Hub Volunteer Moleboheng Rampou specified that The Hub has held annual community cleanup
campaigns since 2017, however last year, they had to hold it virtually because of Covid-19 restrictions. Rampou said the importance of the campaigns include among other things, serving as catalysts for permanent
changes in attitudes and behaviour. She said littering and single-use plastic are urgent issues that need to be addressed as Lesotho is famed for its natural beauty hence the need to do better to protect
its environment. Pheha Plastic Manager Limpho Thoahlane indicated that Plastic and Soup skills equip the youth with social issues, climate change, Covid-19,
plastic reach, types of plastic and how to recycle plastic. The skills are aimed at training Morija children to understand plastic pollution and plastic
waste management from a young age. Climate Change Country Coordinator and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Advocate Letsatsi Lekhooa held that litter can have a detrimental impact to humans, wildlife and the
environment and can eventually end up contaminating local water sources and causing diseases. Lekhooa further pointed out that cleanups address SDG6 (clean water and sanitation) SDG11 (sustainable
cities and communities) and SDG13 (climate action). “Cleanups conserve the animals habitats because every piece of trash that is taken away to be recycled or deposited in
a landfill means there is one less dangerous item for animals to swallow. Cleanup campaigns encourage adoption of practices like recycling, which can have a
profound effect on waste management in the communities,” he said. On the issue of climate change, Lekhooa revealed that plastic release powerful greenhouse gases,
leading to an alarming feedback loop. “As the climate changes, the planet gets hotter, the plastic breaks down into more methane and ethylene, increasing the
rate of climate change, and so perpetuating the cycle,” he explained. The world organizer of World Clean-up Day is “Let´s Do It! World”, a civic movement, which was born in Estonia in 2008 when 50,000
people cleaned the entire country within five hours. Its mission is to connect and empower people and organizations around the world for a clean planet.
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