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Joining in the effort as site captains are the Aquarium of the Pacific, Seal Beach Yacht Club, the Long Beach Marine Institute, and Clean LB.The locations are as follows: • Alamitos Bay Marina • Belmont Pier • Cherry Beach • The Peninsula • Sea Scout Base (near Mothers Beach) For those able to attend, or for more information, please contact Meaghan O’Neill at 562-570-1746. Cleanups will be staged all over the state’s coastline. “We like to look at it like a celebration of what these incredible places have given us the past year,” said Eben Schwartz, marine debris program manager for the California Coastal Commission. “These are resources we come to year round — we ask on this one day for everyone around the state to do their part to give back.”And it’s not just local beaches that will get shined up. This is dubbed the “world’s biggest volunteer effort to protect the ocean,” with people around the world joining as part of the larger International Coastal Cleanup Day, organized by the Ocean Conservancy. More than a half-million people in 112 countries are expected to join the effort.Since International Coastal Cleanup Day debuted in 1985, through 2016, an estimated 1.43 million volunteers have collected about 23 million pounds of trash and recyclables.In Long Beach, Community activist Justin Rudd will also be hosting his monthly 30-minute beach cleanup on Saturday at Granada Beach, beginning at 10 a.m. Supplies needed to help with the cleanup are provided. During the Belmont Pier cleanup on Saturday, the Surfrider Foundation has plannned a paddle out in memory of the late Robert Palmer, a Long Beach man who helped found the organization and dedicated his life to the beach. Palmer died earlier this month due to complications from Wes... (Long Beach Press Telegram)
Joining in the effort as site captains are the Aquarium of the Pacific, Seal Beach Yacht Club, the Long Beach Marine Institute, and Clean LB.The locations are as follows: • Alamitos Bay Marina • Belmont Pier • Cherry Beach • The Peninsula • Sea Scout Base (near Mothers Beach) For those able to attend, or for more information, please contact Meaghan O’Neill at 562-570-1746. Cleanups will be staged all over the state’s coastline. “We like to look at it like a celebration of what these incredible places have given us the past year,” said Eben Schwartz, marine debris program manager for the California Coastal Commission. “These are resources we come to year round — we ask on this one day for everyone around the state to do their part to give back.”And it’s not just local beaches that will get shined up. This is dubbed the “world’s biggest volunteer effort to protect the ocean,” with people around the world joining as part of the larger International Coastal Cleanup Day, organized by the Ocean Conservancy. More than a half-million people in 112 countries are expected to join the effort.Since International Coastal Cleanup Day debuted in 1985, through 2016, an estimated 1.43 million volunteers have collected about 23 million pounds of trash and recyclables.In Long Beach, Community activist Justin Rudd will also be hosting his monthly 30-minute beach cleanup on Saturday at Granada Beach, beginning at 10 a.m. Supplies needed to help with the cleanup are provided. During the Belmont Pier cleanup on Saturday, the Surfrider Foundation has plannned a paddle out in memory of the late Robert Palmer, a Long Beach man who helped found the organization and dedicated his life to the beach. Palmer died earlier this month due to complications from Wes... (and rest of state's beaches, too - this weekend - Long Beach Press Telegram)