Grocery bags...bottles...cigarette butts...wrappers and straws. They don’t fall from the sky; they fall from human hands. And what's washed up on the shore is only a fraction of what is in the water. From Baltimore to Bangladesh, Ocean Conservancy leads the world's largest volunteer effort for the ocean. Every year in September, more than half-a-million people in 100 countries remove millions of pounds of trash from beaches and waterways all over the world. This year we celebrate 25 years of volunteerism for a healthier ocean. Over the last quarter-century, the International Coastal Cleanup has grown from a single cleanup on a Texas beach to a worldwide movement to end the threat of trash in our ocean. Ocean Conservancy recently set sail with Project Kaisei to visit the North Pacific Gyre — an area located between California and the Hawaiian Islands where trash from around the world is trapped and accumulates. This journey kicks off the 25th annual International Coastal Cleanup, as trash items found in the Gyre are recorded on data cards that are returned to Ocean Conservancy just as volunteers around the world will do during the Cleanup on Saturday, September 25th.
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Recent Press Releases and Advisories
- Ocean Conservancy Joins Project Kaisei Expedition to North Pacific Gyre to Research Marine Debris Threatening Our Ocean, Dispel Myths, and Help Inform Science-Based Solutions to Combat Marine Pollution August 19, 2010
- Ocean Conservancy, Global Volunteers and Partners to Clean Up Our Ocean During the 25th Annual International Coastal Cleanup August 17, 2010
- Ocean Conservancy to Host 25th Annual International Coastal Cleanup on September 25th: Celebrating 25 Years of Global Volunteerism for a Healthier Ocean July 1, 2010
