International Coastal Cleanup
cwilcox | April 29, 2009The results are in from the 2008 International Coastal Cleanup, and boy, do we make a mess of our oceans and beaches. The Ocean Conservancy had almost 400,000 volunteers worldwide picking up trash on land and off shore for the annual event. Last year, they picked up 6.8 million - that's 6,800,000 - pounds of trash in 104 countries (including 42 of US states). That's about 17 lbs of trash per volunteer!
What they found was absolutely appalling. 3,216,991 cigarette butts, 1,377,141 plastic bags, and 942,620 food wrappers were littering the world's beaches and oceans. Worldwide, 11,439,086…