32^nd Annual Beach Sweeps – Last Beach Clean-up for 2017

What: Clean Ocean’s Actions’ 32^nd Annual Fall Beach Sweeps to rid beaches of litter and collect valuable data

Who: Thousands of volunteers – the small and the tall – to clean beaches

When: Saturday, October 21^st, 2017 – 9 AM to 12:30 PM

Where: Beach Sweeps Location Sites

• Over 60 locations along New Jersey’s shoreline from Middlesex County to Cape May,  Click here for locations
• Including two watershed clean-ups in Essex County and one in Burlington County

Annual Kickoff: Beach Sweeps Rally at Sandy Hook – 9:00 AM

Gateway National Recreational Area

Parking Lot D

Sandy Hook, NJ

Why: Beach Sweeps help reduce litter pollution on land before it becomes harmful and even lethal to aquatic life. The data from the Beach Sweeps turns a one-day event into a legacy of information to:  improve public awareness and change wasteful habits, enforce litter laws, and improve polices to reduce sources of marine debris.

Interview/Photo Opportunities:

Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (invited)

Mayor Don Guardian (Atlantic City)

Representatives from statewide sponsors: Bank of America

Representatives from County site sponsors: Montecalvo Material Recovery, United Teletech Financial, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Caesars Entertainment

Representatives from local site sponsors: Atlantic City Electric, Baine Contracting, Brookdale Community College and Student Life & Activities, Jenkinson’s Aquarium, SERVPro Eatontown & Long Branch, Jersey Central Power & Light, Wells Fargo Advisors, NuStar