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34 Years of Reducing Litter through Beach Sweeps Lin inkin ing research, e educatio ion, a and c cit itiz izen actio ion t to protect the m marin ine e envir ironment Alison McCarthy, Coastal Watershed Protection Coordinator The

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34 Years of Reducing Litter through Beach Sweeps

Lin inkin ing research, e educatio ion, a and c cit itiz izen actio ion t to protect the m marin ine e envir ironment

Alison McCarthy, Coastal Watershed Protection Coordinator

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Montauk Point, NY Cape May Point, NJ

The New Jersey/ New York Bight

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$32B

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4 5 350 33

300

And countless others…

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34 years 67 Beach Sweeps 133,390 volunteers 800,340 volunteer hours

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Over 100 Corporate Beach Sweeps since 2005 In 2018, 635 volunteers from 19 corporations removed a remarkable 52,822 pieces of debris!

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Delaware River Sweeps

20 cleanups at 5 locations

>90% plastic

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Microplastics

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6,742,941

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  • 98 items, updated
  • Collected for over 25 years
  • Brand names
  • Roster of the Ridiculous
  • Media attention
  • Collaboration with Bloomberg
  • Digital version

COA’s Beach Sweeps Data Card

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Reduce Litter in Waterways

Eliminate existing sources Prevent new sources

  • Laws/ordinances
  • Behavior changes

DATA

Corporate Sweeps Delaware Sweeps Citizen and municipal engagement Beach Sweeps

EDUCATIO N EDUCATIO N

  • Behavior changes
  • Removal of debris
  • Enforcement
  • Infrastructure fixes
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Monitoring Trends

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Cigarette Filters

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  • Federal legislation

○ Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015 ○ Plastic Pollution Control Act of 1988 ○ Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988

  • Statewide legislation

○ Smoking ban law on public beaches and parks ○ Single-use plastic ban bills ○ Adopt-a-Beach law

  • Local ordinances

○ Single-use plastic “bans” ○ Intentional balloon release “bans”

Data drives action and policy

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  • Promotes litter enforcement

and recycling

  • Motivating youth to be

better stewards

  • Inspires plastic reduction

programs in businesses and beyond

Data drives action and policy

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Obstacles to a Debris-Free Sea

  • Lack of littering enforcement
  • Lack of recycling options
  • Convenience of plastics/social behavior
  • Antiquated infrastructure
  • Lack of markets and incentives for source reduction

and recycling

  • Industrial and production sources
  • Debris in the sea
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What can WE do?

Multi-state collaboration to:

  • Collect and share data
  • Pass similar statewide

legislation and work toward national legislation

  • Address packaging, recycling,

closed loop system, market creation for recycled materials

  • Increase manufacturing

responsibility

  • Strengthen enforcement of

existing laws

  • Shift the social norm against

single-use plastics

  • Support research
  • Document the harm of

marine debris

  • Identify sources and solutions
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Linking Plastics to Climate Change

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Thank you!

Alison McCarthy AMcCarthy@CleanOceanAction.org CleanOceanAction.org