Last updated: July 24, 2019
If we want trash-free seas, that means cleanups, everybody, everywhere.
Join the ranks of more than 11 million people that have come together around the world each fall for the past 31 years to fight for trash-free seas and coastlines. Saturday, September 16th is this year’s Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup (ICC), named one of the largest volunteer efforts in the world. Last year, the Ocean Conservancy organized more than half a million people in 112 countries to remove 18 million pounds of trash from the world’s oceans and coastlines. Not only does the organization clean up our shorelines, it helps change behavior. In communities where coastal cleanups have been organized, less debris is generated locally following the event.
Last year, the Ocean Conservancy organized more than half a million people in 112 countries to remove 18 million pounds of trash from the world’s oceans and coastlines. Not only does the organization clean up our shorelines, it helps change behavior. In communities where coastal cleanups have been organized, less debris is generated locally following the event.
An interactive map containing all of the details for planned events can be found at the Ocean Conservancy’s website: oceanconservancy.org/trash-free-seas.. ICC events planned in the Southeast include eight Southeast include eight locations in North Carolina, one in South Carolina, one in Georgia, and six in Florida.
By Bob Arrington Southern Boating, Setember 2017; Photo courtesy of the Ocean Conservancy.
