Cleanup across globe produces the highest total amount of
trash ever collected in the event’s 28-year history and serves as a call to
action by Ocean Conservancy
The total amount of trash picked up during the 28th year of
Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup weighed more than 12 million
pounds, the most ever collected in the event’s history, according to a report
on the Cleanup and its data released today. This new total is an indicator of
the tremendous amount of ocean trash found on shorelines and in the ocean and
waterways around the globe.