2019 International Coastal Cleanup

The 34^th annual International Coastal Cleanup Day is harnessing the Power of People to Fight Ocean Trash!  Join us for the world's largest, one-day volunteer effort for our oceans and waterways, and show your commitment to reducing marine debris, along with volunteers from across the globe!

VolunteerCleanup.org organizes Miami-Dade’s local participation in this global event with 45+ simultaneous shoreline cleanups around the county and is made possible by the generous support of our sponsor Covanta, with additional support from Wells Fargo and Miami Beach Suncare.

We will provide garbage bags, data collection cards, sunscreen, insect repellent, and a souvenir tote bag with this year’s marine animal theme, the Pelican!  Community Service hours also provided.

Where possible, please have guests in your party RSVP individually so we can ensure they get all information and details about the event and can accurately plan for turnout.

Volunteers should:

• Dress for the weather and wear appropriate foot-wear
  • (for beach sites, state: “appropriate footwear that you are comfortable walking on sand in
  • for mangrove sites or rocky shorelines state “volunteers must wear closed-toed shoes like sneakers, no flipflops or sandals!”
• Sunglasses and hat are highly recommended
• Bring gloves if you have them (we suggest reusable working, gardening or dish gloves that you can pick up at the grocery store/home depot) We will have some onsite but cannot guarantee they will be in your size!
• Bring water in a reusable container. Let’s reduce waste and refuse single-use disposable plastic water bottles, where possible.
• **If you are under 18 and coming without a parent or guardian, you must have a parent/guardian sign the waiver below in advance. (waiver link TBD, I am exploring google docs for waivers and will update your posting with the right link later)
• Volunteers must check-in and sign waivers before any materials (bags, cards, or gift bags can be distributed)

Before the event, download the Ocean Conservancy’s CleanSwell app to participate in the Citizen Science activity to log, tally and measure the impact of your cleanup.  It’s easier and more fun than using the paper data cards!

You should also include kinds of details: If you don’t know all of these details, you can edit later, but we need all events posted so that we have the URL for the master registration page with everyone’s links. Content on the page can always be added/edited later

• Exact meeting spot for check-in? Where should
• Parking information?
• Anything additional that you will be providing
• Set the guidelines for age. Is your site suitable for all ages? At what age do they needed to be accompanied by an adult?
• Any other information you’d like to include

About International Coastal Cleanup:

Scientists estimate that more than 17 billion pounds of plastic enters our ocean every year threatening marine life from corals polyps to sharks, the health of people, and local economies 

Over the past 34 years, Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup has brought together nearly 13 million people from over 150 countries to collect nearly 250 million pounds of trash along our coastlines and waterways.

Every year during Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup, volunteers comb lakes, rivers and beaches around the world for trash picking up everything imaginable along the world’s shorelines: cigarette butts, food wrappers, abandoned fishing gear and even automobiles and kitchen appliances.

By volunteering at ICC, you will be actively participating in a global citizen science project, not only by removing marine debris, but by also cataloguing and tallying what you find using the Ocean Conservancy’s data collection cards or Clean Swell app. The resulting item-by-item, location-by-location Ocean Trash Index that Ocean Conservancy compiles each year provides the only global snapshot of the marine debris littering coasts and waterways around the world.