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Introduction
Introduction
This page is intended to list cleanup opportunities along bodies of water including rivers, lakes, and oceans.
Ghost Gear
Ghost Gear
You may also be interested in learning about ghost gear cleanup solutions and opportunities. Ghost gear (lost or illegally dumped fishing equipment including hooks, lines, nets, and lobster pots) can accumulate on coastlines, but are also a massive problem in deeper waters, which is why the topic is placed on a separate page.
Cleanup Opportunities
Cleanup Opportunities
International
International
International Coastal Cleanup® "In partnership with volunteer organizations and individuals around the globe, the International Coastal Cleanup® (ICC) engages people to remove trash from the world’s beaches and waterways. Thanks to millions of volunteers around the world, the ICC has become a beacon of hope, leading and inspiring action in support of our ocean. Since its beginning, more than 17 million volunteers have collected more than 350 million pounds of trash."
Asia
Asia
Indonesia
Indonesia
Seven Clean Seas "exists to build and operate impact projects that clean the oceans and generate fairly paid, formal jobs."
North America
North America
USA
USA
Alabama
California
California Coastal Cleanup Day "To participate, check the map for the cleanup site you want to join. All the information you need is located within each pin on the map. More cleanup sites will be posted to the map during August and September."
Delaware
Clean Ocean Action: Beach Sweeps "COA's Beach Sweeps is one of the longest running cleanups of its kind in the world. The program has grown from 75 people at one site in 1985, to over 10,000 volunteers in 2018. Volunteers gather from Raritan to Delaware Bays and along the ocean to clean beaches and waterways, as well as underwater sites. They join as groups (community, school, business, and organization), families, or individuals. Participants collect and record valuable data about debris, which is presented in annual reports and used to advance federal, state, and local programs to reduce litter."
Florida
Georgia
New York
Clean Ocean Action: Beach Sweeps "COA's Beach Sweeps is one of the longest running cleanups of its kind in the world. The program has grown from 75 people at one site in 1985, to over 10,000 volunteers in 2018. Volunteers gather from Raritan to Delaware Bays and along the ocean to clean beaches and waterways, as well as underwater sites. They join as groups (community, school, business, and organization), families, or individuals. Participants collect and record valuable data about debris, which is presented in annual reports and used to advance federal, state, and local programs to reduce litter."
Pensylvania
Clean Ocean Action: Beach Sweeps "COA's Beach Sweeps is one of the longest running cleanups of its kind in the world. The program has grown from 75 people at one site in 1985, to over 10,000 volunteers in 2018. Volunteers gather from Raritan to Delaware Bays and along the ocean to clean beaches and waterways, as well as underwater sites. They join as groups (community, school, business, and organization), families, or individuals. Participants collect and record valuable data about debris, which is presented in annual reports and used to advance federal, state, and local programs to reduce litter."
Oceana
Oceana
Australia
Australia
Wasted Waterways Clean-Up Days "OzFishers all over the country are rolling up their sleeves to cleaning up our much loved waterways and help fish thrive."
Tasmania
Southern Beaches Cleanup Group at Dodges Ferry "outhern Beaches Landcare Coastcare Inc formed in 1991 to care for the special habitats and coastal environment in the Lewisham, Forcett, Dodges Ferry, Carlton, Primrose Sands and Connelly’s Marsh areas in south east Tasmania.
We contribute our diverse talents and hundreds of volunteer hours each year to protecting and celebrating the natural features and precious places in our corner of the world.
We manage local reserves, host community events, hold regular working bees and run projects to research, protect and celebrate our natural environment."
Australia also has a variety of ghost gear programs, that prevent pollution and engage in cleanups.
Resources
Resources
NOAA: Shoreline Assessment Manual "This manual outlines methods for conducting shoreline assessment and using the results to make cleanup decisions at oil spills."
Educational & Training Opportunities
Educational & Training Opportunities
North America
North America
USA
USA
Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Technique (SCAT) "a systematic method that responders use for surveying an affected shoreline after an oil spill. SCAT teams collect the data needed to develop a shoreline cleanup plan that maximizes the recovery of oiled habitats and resources, while minimizing the risk of injury from cleanup efforts."
Maps
Maps
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