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International Coastal Cleanup 
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| The International Coastal Cleanup Program
is an easy, enjoyable way for everyone to get involved and have
a hand in keeping our shorelines clean and wildlife healthy. The
International Coastal Cleanup is organized by The Ocean Conservancy
and involves more than 750,000 people around the world every year.
In 2002, the Cleanup pulled 3.8 million pounds of trash out of the
water and off the shores. The Ocean Conservancy uses information
about that trash to develop new programs that will help keep our
environment cleaner in the future.
Here's where you can help -- actually, in two ways. First, teachers and students can take part in the International Coastal Cleanup and take trash out of the environment. It's a one-day event that gets kids involved in doing. Second, kids and teachers can help every day by participating in the Ring Leader Program. The Ring Leader Program gets kids involved by learning -- learning that litter is a people problem, whether it's in the water, or in the park, or on the beach, or on the side of the road. It also gets kids involved by doing -- by collecting plastic six-pack rings and bringing them to school for recycling, so they stay out of the waste stream, or any stream for that matter. Remember, every day is a good day to make the earth a better place to live.
Cumulative Statistics (USA Only)
Debris Items.....................67,084,809 Miles................................86,925 Volunteers........................2,047,750 Six-Pack Rings......................348,791 Six-Pack Rings as % Total Debris......0.52% Total Entanglements....................2117 Six-pack Ring Entanglements.............126 
Total Debris Collected
USA Only 
Actual Number
Of Six-Pack Rings Collected 
Six-Pack Rings As Percentage
Of Total Debris 
Number of Entanglements Per Year USA 1988-2002 
Cumulative Entanglements
USA 1988-2002 
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