The earliest clean-up we can remember was around 1999 when operators and locals gathered with rakes, spades and vehicles to remove black, tar like oil that had deposited itself along the beach.
 
With the addition of the Lifeguard station during the early 2000's the beach was kept clean and thanks to the support of Mary from KZN Wildlife we were introduced to International Coastal clean-up events that took place annually in September. It was at this time we started collaborating with and contributing to the Ocean Conservancy platform and in 2009 our partnership in clean-ups with the reserve started.

In 2018 were joined the big microplastic survey project and have undertaken 100+ surveys on Ponta beach since then. 
 
We have co-ordinated 80 beach clean-ups in collaboration with Ocean Conservancy, the Reserve, operators and various volunteers together with PlasticsSA who have in the past been the main sponsor of bags.

The events included both local and Dobela Down clean-ups which found vehicles leaving in convoy to tackle the plastic problem further up the coastline.

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