The SOLV Great Oregon Spring Beach Cleanup

Thousands Turn Out Saturday for SOLV Great Oregon Spring Beach Cleanup

The 24th Annual SOLV Great Oregon Spring Beach Cleanup brought wind and rain and 4,300 dedicated volunteers out to the coast to help
clean the beautiful Oregon Coastline of debris. Volunteers removed an estimated 60,000 pounds of trash from Oregon's beaches. Some of the most commonly found items included cigarette butts, rope, plastic caps and bottles, and Styrofoam. Volunteers also reported finding some interesting items such as a shopping cart, plastic lawn furniture, a TV, an empty piggy bank, crab pots and a couple of large fishing nets.

The next Spring Beach Cleanup is scheduled for Saturday, March 20, 2010. To receive reminders about this and other special SOLV dates and information, please sign up for e-updates now.

History

The first Beach Cleanup in the nation was held here in Oregon in 1984. Since then, annual beach cleanups have spread to every state in the Union, all US territories and more than 100 countries around the world. In 2006, 358,617 volunteers picked up over 7 million pounds of trash from 34,560 miles of coastline nationwide.

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