Millions help in coastal cleanup
More than six million people worldwide will help clean coastal areas in September.
The effort is part of the International Coastal Cleanup.
Since 1986, millions of people have helped collect millions of food wrappers, cigarette butts and plastic containers of all sorts including bottles, bags, take-out trays and other items.
In 2019, a million people hauled 20 million pounds of debris from 25 miles of coastal areas.
Debris of all kinds is not just a visual insult, though it is that — it is also a danger to all types of marine life.
Anyone can join a cleanup or even start one. Go to oceanconservancy.org for more information.
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.
