Organised coastal cleanups with standardized item-level data logging
#00095
Run recurring beach and waterway cleanups where volunteers log every item by type on a standardized card or app, building a comparable marine-debris database that identifies hotspots and supplies evidence for upstream policy (bans, deposits, producer responsibility).
Ocean Conservancy· since 1986· Global
Since 1986, Ocean Conservancy has run annual International Coastal Cleanup events in which volunteers log every collected item by type on standardized data cards. This builds a longitudinal, globally comparable marine-d…
Volunteers since 198619 million+people
Trash collected since 1986400 million+lbs
2 sources
Global (Ocean Conservancy)
OngoingOcean Conservancy· since 1986· Global
The International Coastal Cleanup (ICC), run by Ocean Conservancy since 1986, mobilises volunteers worldwide to clean coasts and waterways while logging every item collected on a standardized data card (now the Clean Sw…
Volunteers since 198619 million+volunteers
Trash collected since 1986400 million+lbs
2 sources