The Surfrider Foundation will host a beach cleanup from 10am-2pm at Westhaven State Park on July 5th. Registration will be in the parking lot and the majority of the efforts will be focused around the jetty, but adventurous volunteers will be encouraged to patrol beaches to the south for marine debris.
A considerable amount of debris is strewn across Washington beaches following the customary pyrotechnics used to celebrate our Independence Day. A surge of marine debris in the last few months has deposited plenty of plastics and foam as well. Collectors may find debris ranging from buoys to glass bulbs to rubber duckies, but the majority will be plastic, foam and fireworks shrapnel.
If you're traveling to the Long Beach area for the weekend, you can join the Grass Roots Garbage Gang (ourbeach.org) for their annual July 5th cleanup.
See you on the beach!