2012 Coastal Cleanup Data is in!
Save the Sound’s coastal cleanup season has ended and we just finished tallying up our data for the year. It was a great year thanks to our wonderful volunteers.
Category: Coastal Cleanup
Cleaning Up After Sandy
On Monday, Save the Sound and Bank of America partnered together to help repair Silver Sands State Park in Milford. The Silver Sands area was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy—some residents even lost their homes. Within the park, the recently-built boardwalk was destroyed, and large quantities of hazardous waste (paints, oils, bleach) washed up on the shore.
Superstorm Sandy: Recovery Resources
Hurricane Sandy brought tremendous devastation to the mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Millions of residents of Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey are without power, and many are dealing with severe damage to their homes from storm surge flooding, wind, fire, or fallen trees.
Guest Post: Project Ubuntu Spends the Week with Save the Sound
Save the Sound Celebrates 10 Years of Being Connecticut’s International Coastal Cleanup Coordinator
Next Saturday, September 15, Save the Sound will celebrate our 10th year as the Connecticut coordinator of the Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup. In its 27th year, International Coastal Cleanup brings volunteers together all around the world to clean up our coastlines. Last year alone, ICC brought together almost 600,000 volunteers who cleaned up 9,184,428 […]
Get Involved!
Spring is a great time to remove marine debris from beaches and riverfronts that has washed ashore over the course of winter. Trash along our shorelines is more than just an eyesore; it can have hazardous impacts on fish, wildlife and even local tourism. It’s important to ensure our coastlines are in tip-top shape before […]