Help Clean Up the County's Coast

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San Diego’s beaches — they’re rad, awesome, epic and let’s face it, the envy of the rest of the world.

And you can help keep them that way by taking part in the 30th annual Coastal Cleanup Day Saturday morning, Sept. 20.

The event, which is put on locally each year by I Love a Clean San Diego, will take place from 9 a.m. to noon at 100 different beaches, creeks, channels, lakes and other spots all around the county where trash and pollution can be swept by rain and irrigation to the ocean.

All you need to join thousands of your neighbors to work on a great cause is a little time, a plastic bucket, some work gloves, a reusable water bottle, and to register. (The site also has an interactive map showing all the cleanup locations and where volunteers are needed!)

If you do take part in the event, email us a photo and we may show it off on InSite!

Coastal Cleanup Day is sponsored by our County and has been supported financially by Supervisors Ron Roberts, Dave Roberts and Greg Cox — a longtime champion who will be one of a number of speakers at the event’s media kickoff.

“Our beaches and coastline define San Diego, and we need to protect them,” Cox said. “That’s why I encourage County employees to bring their families and join volunteers at cleanup sites throughout the region.”

Because Rubio’s is one of the sponsors for this year’s event, everyone who volunteers (while supplies last) will receive a Rubio’s meal card as a thank you. There will also be fun events for kids, including a photo contest, a “Bling Your Bucket Contest” — to see who can come up with the most creative decorations for their buckets.

I Love a Clean San Diego officials said that at last year’s event here in the county, nearly 8,000 volunteers came out and picked up more than 85 tons of trash and recyclables from 186 miles of shoreline!

California’s Coastal Cleanup Day is also part of an international coastal cleanup campaign which attracts volunteers from nearly 100 countries. This year, nearly 650,000 people collected 12.3 million pounds — more than 6,100 tons — of debris from shorelines around the world.

So volunteer! And keep San Diego County’s beaches rad!