Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) is the world's largest volunteer effort for ocean's health and is being conducted every third Saturday of September of each year. In partnership with volunteer organizations and individuals around the globe, ICC engages people to remove trash from the world’s beaches and waterways, identify the sources of debris and change the behaviors that allow trash into the water in the first place.   The Cleanup also aims to raise environmental awareness and provide information which will guide and influence governments, corporations and industries in developing smart solutions to the marine debris problem.

To make our Cleanup in the safest possible way, volunteers are requested to wear masks and gloves and to use tongs or grabbers in collecting trash. Download your Volunteers Trash Data Form or use the free mobile app: Ocean Conservancy's Clean Swell to document the trash you collect. 

The global celebration of the ICC event this year will be on September 21, 2024.  However, you can conduct your own cleanup anytime of the year up to December 2024.  

Let's start your own Cleanup at a beach, park,  waterway and other bodies of water near you.