Thank You for Volunteering with Baykeeper on California Coastal Cleanup Day!
We’re so grateful to everyone who rolled up their sleeves with us to stop trash pollution before it could reach the Bay. Together, we removed over 230 pounds of trash from Marina Green Park in San Francisco. Every piece of trash collected helps protect wildlife and keep our shorelines clean. Thank you to our volunteers and to Bageltopia for fueling our cleanup!
Speak Up for the Bay!
Sign Baykeeper’s petition to tell local regulators that there’s too much trash in the Bay, and they need to pass stronger controls to prevent this pollution.
If you’ve spent time on the shoreline, around creeks, or out on the Bay, you’ve seen the trash problem – accumulating litter piles that dirty the landscape and pollute San Francisco Bay.
This trash mostly comes from city streets and storm drains. Plastic bags, water bottles, straws, cigarette butts, and thousands of other waste items end up on shorelines and then in the water. They’re not only an eyesore, but also harm birds, fish, and other wildlife that confuse the garbage for food. Plus, over time, all plastics break down into microplastics that make their way into the ecosystem and food chain.
But city officials across the region have turned a blind eye to the problem – repeatedly failing to implement the needed infrastructure to stop waves of garbage from polluting the Bay.
Bay Area cities can and should do a better job keeping the Bay’s shoreline, local communities, and waters clean. Sign on today to urge local officials to do better. Together we can ensure a healthy, trash-free Bay!
Hold Your Own Cleanup
You can participate in cleanups all year long by organizing your own personal or household cleanup at a park, neighborhood, or shoreline near you!
Thank you to our Baykeeper sponsors
