Coastal Cleanup Day
Microtrash Challenge!
September 23, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
West Beach and Tajiguas Beach
On September 23rd, Channelkeeper’s Watershed Brigade is celebrating coastal cleanup day!
Volunteers will meet at one of the two locations to collect litter, paying special attention to pieces of microtrash. Any litter smaller than a golf ball can be considered microtrash, from tiny wrappers to water bottle caps, styrofoam bits, and discarded pieces of packaging and plastic. These small pieces of litter can cause harm to wildlife and enter the food chain.
Aside from collecting larger pieces of trash we will be using kitchen strainers, to sift through the sand and remove microtrash. Volunteers of all ages can join in the fun! Participants are welcome to bring their own kitchen strainers for collecting microtrash, but we will also have cleanup supplies available at the event.
The locations are:
West Beach
Meet at the west end of the beach by the bike path across the street from Chad’s Cafe. Parking will be free from 9:00 am – 12:30 pm at any City of Santa Barbara when displaying a Coastal Cleanup Day voucher, which can be obtained from the site captain the morning of the event
Tajiguas Beach
Meet at the large pull out area off the 101 South bound freeway at Tajiguas Beach or meet at the west end of Refugio Beach and carpool to the parking area at Tajiguas. If you park in the Refugio lot, get your parking pass from the parking attendant (not from the site captain). Let the parking attendant know you are a CCD volunteer to be able to park there for free from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Please sign up below!
Steps to Participate:
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Sign up here
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Complete the waiver
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Bring plenty of water, a hat, and sunscreen.
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Report your cleanup results (location, time spent, estimated pounds picked up, photo) via Google Form, our FB group page, or on your own Instagram page (tag us @watershedbrigade, @sbchannelkeeper, #watershedbrigade) to be entered into the end-of-month drawing.