International Coastal Cleanup – September 19, 2009

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International Coastal Cleanup – September 19, 2009

Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup is a year-round program designed to keep our ocean and waterways free from trash and safer for people and wildlife. Their flagship event is held on the third Saturday of every September is the largest single-day volunteer effort of its kind. The number of participating countries jumped by more than 30 percent in 2008 over 2007 – to 104 countries and locations – a powerful demonstration that concern about the marine debris problem is surging around the globe.

Each year, the millions of Cleanup volunteers – from scout troops to divers to families and friends – not only clean up trash, they log data about what they found. This information, amassed over the 23-year history of the Cleanup, has been integral to both raising awareness about this global pollution problem and implementing policies and programs to address it.

It began with one woman walking along the beach of South Padre Island, Texas. She was appalled at the amount of trash she saw and she immediately felt compelled to do something about it. She organized a beach cleanup and in a mere two hours, 2,800 Texans picked up tons of trash.

In partnership with organizations and individuals across the globe, Ocean Conservancy’s  International Coastal Cleanup engages people to remove trash and debris from the world’s beaches and waterways, identify the sources of debris, and change the behaviors that cause marine debris in the first place.

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