The following information was provided by Alabama Coastal Cleanup:

For 34 years, groups and individuals from across the Gulf Coast of Alabama have come together one day a year to clean up our waterways and shorelines. It’s Alabama’s coastal cleanup, and the 34th annual event is scheduled for Saturday, September 18.

“We are looking forward to a great coast-wide event. It’s a great way to get out there and do something positive that benefits everyone, ”said Spencer Ryan, executive director of Alabama People Against a Littered State (PALS). Together with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Coastal Section (ADCNR), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the three organizations are hosting the largest one-day volunteer event in Alabama. .

The Alabama Coastal Cleanup is the state’s largest annual volunteer event. In addition to shorelines, participants can help clean up neighborhoods, local parks, streets, and storm sewers where trash ends up in bays and rivers, and eventually the Gulf of Mexico.

Volunteers are needed on foot and on the water at cleanup sites in Mobile and Baldwin counties. All participants will receive a t-shirt and basic cleaning supplies.

“There really is no better way to help the Gulf and our local communities than a morning cleaning our shores,” said Angela Underwood of ADCNR. “We’ve always had a big stake in shoreline cleanup, and that says a lot about the people here and their desire to help keep our waterways and beaches free of litter. “

Keep up to date with the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/AlabamaCoastalCleanup/ or the website https://alabamacoastalcleanup.com/.

For more information or to contact a cleanup site area captain with participation questions, visit www.AlabamaCoastalCleanup.com or call (251) 621-1216.

Alabama’s coastal cleanup is made possible by the generosity of many, including returning 2021 title sponsor, the Poarch Band of the Creek Indians. Other sponsors and volunteer organizations include Sea Turtle Sponsors – Ike’s Beach Service | Bebo’s; Dune Sponsors – Coastal Conservation Association of Alabama (CCAA) | Alabama Power | by Lulu | City of Gulf Shores | City of Orange Beach | Riveria Utilities | Flora-Bama | Evonik | Media Compass | Coast 360 | Holcim | The Home Depot | Airbus; Seagull Sponsors – Baldwin County Sewer Service | Baldwin EMC | MESC / Dauphin Island Maritime Laboratory; PALS Sponsors – ALDOT | ALFA | Coca Cola | Vulcan Materials | Honda manufacturing of Alabama | Alabama Farmers Cooperative | Alabama County Association of Boards; and In-Kind Sponsors – The Ocean Conservancy | Gulf Shores / Orange Beach Tourism | Osprey Initiative | Thompson Engineering | SALT | Weeks Bay National Estuary Research Reserve | Paddle in the gulf

The Alabama Coastal Cleanup is part of the International Coastal Cleanup, an international effort to remove marine debris from coastal waters. Alabama joined this effort in 1987. The International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) is the largest one-day volunteer event for the marine environment.

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