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.
