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Volunteers collect 125 pounds of trash during international cleanup event

People, possibly volunteers, cleaning up a beach.
Volunteers remove microplastic and hundreds of cigarette butts from the tidepool at Sebastian Inlet.
People cleaning a beach with buckets and grabbers.
Woman taking notes on clipboard next to a blue bucket on a sunny beach with other beachgoers in the background.
A volunteer logs each and every item collected from the shoreline.
A group of people, some in blue shirts, standing outdoors with cleaning equipment, possibly after a cleanup event.
Person cleaning a beach with a blue bucket, wearing gloves and a straw hat.
People with buckets at a beach cleanup.
A gloved hand holding a trash picker over a blue bucket filled with litter and debris.
People with buckets and trash bags participating in a coastal cleanup event.
People gathered around a table outdoors, possibly for an event, with informational materials and blue buckets.
May contain: clothing, shorts, glove, hat, person, adult, male, man, footwear, shoe, transportation, vehicle, watercraft, beach, coast, nature, outdoors, sea, shoreline, water, and boat
People on a beach with a kayak, some walking and two kids with an adult possibly collecting things.
A child in a cap is collecting trash on a beach with a blue bucket and a grabber tool.
Group of people gathered with buckets, possibly for a beach cleanup, bright sunny day.
People, possibly volunteers, cleaning up a beach.
People cleaning a beach with buckets and grabbers.
Woman taking notes on clipboard next to a blue bucket on a sunny beach with other beachgoers in the background.
A group of people, some in blue shirts, standing outdoors with cleaning equipment, possibly after a cleanup event.
Person cleaning a beach with a blue bucket, wearing gloves and a straw hat.
People with buckets at a beach cleanup.
A gloved hand holding a trash picker over a blue bucket filled with litter and debris.
People with buckets and trash bags participating in a coastal cleanup event.
People gathered around a table outdoors, possibly for an event, with informational materials and blue buckets.
May contain: clothing, shorts, glove, hat, person, adult, male, man, footwear, shoe, transportation, vehicle, watercraft, beach, coast, nature, outdoors, sea, shoreline, water, and boat
People on a beach with a kayak, some walking and two kids with an adult possibly collecting things.
A child in a cap is collecting trash on a beach with a blue bucket and a grabber tool.
Group of people gathered with buckets, possibly for a beach cleanup, bright sunny day.

Volunteers make the world a better place. Thanks to the 31 people who collected more than 125 pounds of trash during the 2024 International Coastal Cleanup event held on Saturday. These wonderful people spent a beautiful morning scouring the north side of Sebastian Inlet, retrieving plastics, cans, cigarette butts and discarded monofilament and more.

For more than 35 years, the Ocean Conservancy has led the International Coastal Cleanup. Since its start, over 17 million volunteers have collected over 348 million pounds of trash. Indian River County annually participates in the International Coastal Cleanup to ensure our waterways remain pristine and healthy for the beautiful life that inhabits them. 

A big thanks to our partners: Sebastian Inlet State Park and Coastal Connections, Inc. https://coastal-connections.salsalabs.org/2024.../index.html