It's no secret we have beautiful beaches, and hundreds of local
volunteers are trying to keep it that way. The Ocean
Conservancy's 26th annual International Coastal Clean-up event
was held across communities worldwide Saturday. The citizens
helping clear our coastlines are just a handful of the millions
of volunteers taking action to promote global change. It's not
something you see everyday, but one-by-one, volunteers are
making a difference. "It's a nice day to be out here to take it
easy, pick up some trash" says local resident Scott Finn.
They're picking up things like cigarette butts and dirty
diapers. Everything that is found is recorded as data for a
global report studying the impact of harmful trash from the
coastlines and how it effects humans, wildlife and even the
economy. Over the past 25 years, nearly 9-million volunteers
from over 152 countries have cleaned 145-million pounds of trash
from the shores of lakes, streams, rivers, and the ocean on just
one day each year.