Coastal Cleanup Day takes place throughout the State of California and is conducted in conjunction with International Coastal Cleanup Day. California's Coastal Cleanup Day Program, organized by the California Coastal Commission and other cooperating organizations throughout the state, encourages people to learn about and actively participate in conserving natural resources.
The goals of this event are to raise awareness about the issues of ocean and coastal conservation, to pick up litter, to encourage recycling, and to promote community pride. Coastal Cleanup Day allows people to take responsibility for their local waterways and creates an awareness that individual actions do make a difference.
The County Public Works Department, Resource Recovery and Waste Management Division, coordinates this event for Santa Barbara County. On September 20, 2008, over 515 volunteers participated in California Coastal Cleanup Day in Santa Barbara County from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. On that day, volunteers picked up approximately 2,070 pounds of trash and 582 pounds of recyclables from 19 local beaches stretching some 35 miles along our coastline.
Cigarette butts remained the most common item found. Among other trash items collected were numerous lobster traps, a small boat hull, an I.V. drip bag, a suitcase, a surfboard, and car tires.
If you are interested in helping to keep our beaches and ocean clean, please take a look at:
If you are interested in volunteering, just visit our beaches page or pick a beach from the list below and click on the link for the Beach Captain. Since the information is from last year, the beach captain may change. You should automatically have an e-mail pop up with questions to answer. Each volunteer will be given a pair of gloves and two plastic bags, one to collect trash and one to collect recyclables. In addition, each volunteer will be given a sheet that lists different items and materials and asked to mark the number of items and materials that are picked up.
If this does not work for you (or if you are willing to go wherever we need volunteers) please e-mail your name, contact information, the beach you would like to clean, the number of people participating and the group or company you are a part of to jsimeon(at)cosbpw.net. Make sure to put "Coastal Cleanup Day" somewhere in the subject.
If you don't see your favorite beach listed and are interested in being a Beach Captain next year, please email with your beach information. Make sure to include the information asked for in the email. You must be eighteen or over to be a Beach Captain. More information about being a beach captain coming soon.
Arroyo Burro Beach
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