California Coastal Cleanup Day is the premier volunteer event focused on the marine environment in the world. In 2009, more than 80,600 volunteers worked together to collect more than 1,300,000 pounds of trash and recyclables from our beaches, lakes, and waterways. California Coastal Cleanup Day has been hailed by the Guinness Book of World Records as "the largest garbage collection" (1993). CCD is an international event with over 100 countries participating in cleanup efforts on this one day. 

Save Our Shores is the local coordinator for Coastal Cleanup Day in Santa Cruz County and Monterey County. In 2009, SOS coordinated nearly 4,000 volunteers in Santa Cruz County alone who removed close to 15,000 pounds of trash and recycle from our local beaches and waterways in just 3 hours. We look forward to taking over coordination for Monterey County this year!

Coastal Cleanup Day engages people to remove trash and debris from beaches and waterways, to identify the sources of debris, and to change the behaviors that cause pollution.

The 26th Annual Coastal Cleanup Day will be held on Saturday, September 25, 2010 from 9 am to Noon at many sites across Santa Cruz County and Monterey County!

Follow these these links to find out more about Annual Coastal Cleanup Day:

Getting Involved in Coastal Cleanup Day

Site Captains (Interested in leading a beach cleanup?)

Santa Cruz Cleanup Sites (Pre-Registration Form for Santa Cruz County Sites)

Monterey Cleanup Sites (Pre-Registration Form for Monterey County Sites)

Coastal Cleanup Day for School Groups

Business Sponsorship