SOLVE Beach and Riverside Cleanup

SOLVE supports projects that engage volunteers in Oregon and SW Washington in cleanup of litter and illegal dumpsites, invasive plant removal, native tree and shrub planting, and watershed maintenance and monitoring activities. Please familiarize yourself with the roles and responsibilities of Project Coordinators (and SOLVE, too) before applying. 

Live in Florence? Want to help run the coast-wide beach cleanups?

The success of Oregon’s coast-wide cleanups depends on well-organized Zone Captains. These are the volunteer leaders who, with support and technical assistance from SOLVE, manage check in sites for a specific stretch of coastline. Click here for a full position description.

SOLVE extends its thanks to the Local Haulers and Disposal Entities that have been helping with this event since its inception. Without their support and donation of services this event would not be possible.  

• CARTM

• Central Coast Disposal

• City Sanitary Service

• County Transfer & Recycling

• Curry County Disposal

• Dahl Disposal, Inc.

• Lane County

• Les’ Sanitary Service

• Lincoln County

• Nestucca Valley Sanitary Service

• North Lincoln Sanitary Service

• R Sanitary

• Recology Western Oregon (formerly Western Oregon Waste)

• Southern Oregon Sanitation

• Thompson’s Sanitary Service

• Tillamook County Solid Waste

No if's, and's, or butts!

Cigarette butts are the number one litter item found by volunteers in Oregon and at cleanups worldwide, and can be highly toxic if accidentally eaten by children or pets. Cigarette filters are composed of a plastic that not only persists for years in the environment, but also leaches hazardous chemicals like nicotine and heavy metals. Most things made out of plastic like cigarette butts, do not biodegrade, but instead break down into small pieces that resemble food to fish, birds and marine mammals.

Learn more about the problems of marine debris.