By Veronica Flesher, Patch Staff
LONG BEACH ISLAND, NJ — Calling all volunteers! Clean Ocean Action’s Fall Beach Sweeps are set for Oct. 19 at more than 80 locations statewide, and registration opens on Sept. 3.
At New Jersey’s largest volunteer environmental event, guests clean up harmful litter while collecting impactful data. Sweeps take place Oct. 19 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Registration opens Sept. 3 at 12 p.m. and is required in order to participate. Visit Clean Ocean Action’s website for more information.
“The beachy-clean fun continues ever onward as we get ready for Fall Beach Sweeps! With each Sweeps, we’re able to gather collectively to make change in the state of NJ through research, education, and citizen science. Join COA and many other like-minded individuals to give back to the beautiful ocean and other watersheds we enjoy year-round!” said Kira Cruz, Clean Ocean Action’s Debris Free Sea Coordinator and coordinator of the Beach Sweeps.
Sweeps provides people with an opportunity to “give back” to the ocean by helping remove litter, which pollutes our land and water and is harmful and lethal to marine life. The data collected by volunteers participating in the Beach Sweeps turns a one-day event into a legacy of information to increase public awareness and change wasteful habits, enforce litter and waste production laws, and improve policies to reduce sources of marine debris.
“Overall, the Summer of 2024 was beautiful, great waves, crystal waters, and marine life was putting on a show with whales breaching and dolphins splashing! Now you can give back, join us for the Fall Beach Sweeps to rid beaches of debris and collect valuable data to help us reduce sources of marine debris!” said Cindy Zipf, COA Executive Director.
These are the Long Beach Island locations being cleaned:
- Brant Beach Pavilion (68th Street; 39.61556, -74.19806; additional parking at Bayview Park)
- Wally’s Restaurant in Surf City (712 Long Beach Blvd, Surf City NJ 08008) In partnership with Alliance for a Living Ocean
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