Although most slots have already been taken up, there's still places for the clean up at Pulau Ubin. Please register as early as you can as places are taken up very quickly.Coastal Cleanup is not just about picking up litter. It is about collecting data about marine litter.
This is the data collected in 2007 by more than 2,000 volunteers on 9 tonnes of trash. The source of the trash is also recorded.
The Cleanup in Singapore is part of International Coastal Cleanup run by the Ocean Conservancy. It is the world’s largest volunteer event of its kind. Last year, 378,000 volunteers from 76 countries and 45 states cleared six million pounds of trash from oceans and waterways and recorded every piece of trash collected.
In Singapore between 2001 - 2005, volunteers removed 33 tonnes of marine trash from our beaches and mangroves and recorded all aspects of this trash.
Links to more information
- International Coastal Cleanup Singapore website
- The News from International Coastal Cleanup blog
- Ocean Conservancy page on International Coastal Cleanup
- Latest media reports on the threats of marine litter
- Is there any point to doing this only once a year? on the wild shores of singapore blog
