| International Coastal Cleanup |
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CHARLOTTE COUNTY 2011 COASTAL CLEANUP Sponsored By KEEP CHARLOTTE BEAUTIFUL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2011 8 A.M. to Noon Supply pickup on September 13, 2011 4:00pm-7:00pm at the Environmental Campus, 25550 Harbor View Road Port Charlotte Help clear the trash from our beaches and waterways! Join hundreds of thousands of volunteers September 17th for the International Coastal Cleanup. We have volunteers in all 45 U.S. States and District of Columbia and 108 countries and Locations (Islands). The International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) is the largest beach and waterway cleanup program with data collection in the world. Volunteers from around the globe and participate each year—clearing tons of trash from coastlines, rivers and lakes. Take action to improve the health of our oceans and waterways—anyone can participate in the International Coastal Cleanup. Reasons to participate: Save the lives of innocent marine wildlife by removing debris that can be deadly **** Help make our oceans and waterways safe for swimming, fishing and drinking **** Share a special day with family, friends and co-workers **** Contribute to marine debris research by filling out your datacard **** Raise awareness of the problem of pollution **** The t-shirts are the same as the Great American Cleanup shirts so we are asking you to only take one if you did not get one for the GAC. Call Keep Charlotte Beautiful at 764-4390 for more information. |
| Volunteers Removed More Than Eight Million Pounds of Trash from the Ocean, Lakes, Rivers and Waterways in the World’s Only Country-by-Country, State-by- State Analysis of Marine Debris. This Report provides a roadmap for eliminating marine debris altogether by reducing it at the source, changing behaviors that cause it, and supporting debris prevention policies. |
| The results of 25 years of International Coastal Cleanups, by the number: 152 countries have participated over the 25 years. There were 8,763,377 volunteers. Volunteers removed 144,606,491 million pounds of debris. Participants have covered 291,514 miles in the cleanups. Volunteers collected 166,144,420 million items in all, from cigarette butts to grocery bags to food wrappers. Volunteers collected 52,907,756 cigarette butts, 14,766,533 food wrappers and containers, and 13,585,425 caps and lids, making up 49% of all the items found. Six of the top ten items are made of consumer plastic. Out of 45 states and the District of Columbia, Florida had 563,380 volunteers which made up over 10% of the total volunteers in the US! The top state was California with 33% of the volunteers. The US and the Philippines have had half of the volunteers worldwide! |
| Click Here to get the full 2010 report |
| Marine Debris Report on the OC Website |