International Coastal Cleanup
Written by laurel - who has written 52 posts on Green Thinking Blog.
Each year Ocean Conservancy holds an International Coastal Cleanup. Last year 378,000 people in 76 countries picked up 6.08 million pounds of garbage from over 33,000 miles of coast. Unbelievable, right? The five items people bagged the most were cigarettes, bottle caps, bags, plastic bottles, and food wrappers or containers. Something tells me this year’s turnout will break records. (Ref: Women’s Health Mag, Sep. 2008, p. 30)
The 2008 International Coastal Cleanup day is September 20th. Click here to register yourself to clean up a a waterway near you. If you don’t live near a beach, don’t worry, because cleanups are also held at ponds, lakes, and rivers.
In the meantime, check out the 2007 Cleanup Report. You can look up your state or country and see exactly what kinds of things were picked up by volunteers.
August 20th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
I used to live in California and would occasionally go surfing, but eventually I quit because it was just too disgusting with all the cigarete butts floating around in the water. I’ll definitely try to make it to this in ‘08. Can’t promise though… there aren’t too many bodies of water in the middle of my desert.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:03 am
Hi everyone…it’s that time again! Keep Martin Beautiful is gearing up for the upcoming 2008 International Coastal Cleanup! We will have tons of cleanups going on throughout the entire Treasure Coast. If you know of a particular location that needs attention, or would like to register and be assigned to a location please call Daisy at 772-781-1222. Also please visit our website at http://www.keepmartinbeautiful.org. Following the morning cleanups will be a celebration at Flagler Park in Downtown Stuart from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Hope to see you there!