Coastal cleanup day targets 10,000 local helpers
Mike Lee
Sign On San Diego
08/04/2011
Registration is open for San Diego County’s largest environmental volunteer event on Sept. 17.
Coordinators with I Love a Clean San Diego and San Diego Coastkeeper expect about 10,000 local volunteers to participate in the 27th Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day at more than 85 inland and coastal cleanup sites.
Volunteers are asked to bring their own buckets, work gloves and reusable water bottles to help reduce the amount of trash created during the event.
Last year in San Diego County, volunteer involvement rose to approximately 9,000 participants, with another 3,000 volunteers lending their support across the border in the Tijuana River watershed. Volunteers removed nearly 100 tons of debris from more than 80 cleanup sites along the coastline and in canyons, creek beds, lagoons, estuaries and open spaces.
For more information about this year's event, go to www.cleanupday.org.
