Ocean pollution: A major issue affecting our rivers by Radio Islam International published on 2021-09-22T06:46:18Z Hundreds of millions of litres of sewage, industrial, and pharmaceutical waste are dumped into our rivers and oceans each year. Recently, almost 1 200 kilos of rubbish was collected at the mouth of the Umgeni River in Durban, KZN. The waste was analysed and evaluated as part of international research undertaken by the Ocean Conservancy, a non-profit environmental advocacy organisation based in the United States. The garbage data collected in Umgeni was regarded as “shocking” by Janet Simpkins, director of the non-profit Adopt-a-River, who spoke to Radio Islam International. She stated the trash included anything from thousands of flip-flops to plastic bottles, disposal masks and sewerage. “Over 40 kilos of flip-flops were collected”.