18th International Coastal Cleanup, Singapore (Sept 12)

18th International Coastal Cleanup, Singapore
Saturday, 12th September 2009

International Coastal Cleanup(ICC) is a annual world’s largest one-day volunteer event where 400,000 volunteers from over 100 countries clean up trash and log data from beaches, lakes, oceans & mangroves.

·         Organized and coordinated by the Ocean Conservancy, a non-profit organization that promotes health and diverse ocean ecosystems through research, education and science.(http://www.oceanconservancy.org)

·          ICCS is the Singapore effort of the ICC event, and is coordinated by volunteers of the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research of the National University of Singapore. (http://coastalcleanup.nus.edu.sg/). See the link for more information on how to participate in Singapore.

·        In 2008, over 40 organizations, including schools, public and private institutions, participated in the event, amounting to over 2500 volunteers. Almost 10 tons of debris (over 137,000 items) were collected and logged along 16km of Singapore’s coastal beaches and mangroves.

Top ten items collected along Singapore’s mangroves and beaches in 2008

Total Number of Volunteers: 2,529 Total Number of Trash Bags Filled: 1,142 Total Number of Items Collected: 137,549 Total Weight of Trash Collected (kg): 9,754.9 Total Distance Cleaned (m): 16,650

This event is supported by the Office of Environmental Sustainability, National University of Singapore.