GEORGE NEWS - Illegal dumping hotspots in George got the boot through a team effort by workers of the Extended Public Works Programme (EPWP), the George Cleansing section at Community Services, members from the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment and the Department of Education.

The different groups cleaned along the N2 near Thembalethu, Parkdene, Borcherds, Lawaaikamp and Rosedale after complaints of illegal dumping were received from the public. 

A group of 23 students of environmental management went from door to door in the communities to inform the people of the dangers of dumping and handed out information pamphlets under the leadership of Cornelius Esau of the Department of Education.

EPWP workers and officials of the municipality's cleansing section, the Department of Education and the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment at the clean-up in Borcherds. A JCB was used to scrape up a lot of the rubbish.

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