Cape Town residents clean up beach on World Oceans Day

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Cape Town residents clean up beach on World Oceans Day

STORY: Cape Town residents clean up beach on World Oceans Day DATELINE: June 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:41 LOCATION: CAPE TOWN, South Africa CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of cleanup beach activity 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NICHOLAS MACLOUD, manager of Sirocco 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): TARA, Cape Town resident STORYLINE: About 100 people from South Africa's Cape Town on Wednesday joined a beach cleanup activity to celebrate World Oceans Day. The activity was jointly organized by a cafe, Sirocco, the environmental organizations of the Save Our Seas Foundation, the foundation's Shark Education Center and The Beach Co-op. It was supported by local schools, which brought 55 students to join the efforts, and other local shops that gave chocolates and pastries. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NICHOLAS MACLOUD, Manager of Sirocco "We are gonna be cleaning up the beach along here, along the strip, along the rocks. We obviously are all aware of what's going on with litter and pollution in the ocean. We are just

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