Coastal Cleanup
Public Affairs
Official Mississippi Coastal Cleanup Website
On Oct. 18, 2008, boaters and land-based volunteers scoured Mississippi's beaches, islands and waterways picking up marine debris at 55 designated cleanup sites during the 20th annual Mississippi Coastal Cleanup, part of the International Coastal Cleanup—the world’s largest single-day volunteer effort to clean up the marine environment. In just three hours, more than 2,295 volunteers picked up 2,757 bags of trash along 132 miles of Coastal waterways in Hancock, Harrison and Jackson counties and the Barrier Islands during the Mississippi Coastal Cleanup. The cleanup is organized by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and Mississippi Marine Debris Task Force.
Plan now to participate in the 2009 Mississippi Coastal Cleanup, scheduled for Oct. 17, 2009!
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Volunteers Phuong Pham and Mark Tran enjoy a free lunch at Hiller Park in Biloxi courtesy of Coast Flavors.
Three young men remove bags of debris from the water's edge at Jones Park in Gulfport.
Avery Reif shows a model boat to Anthony Gruber with CNATTU Naval technical training unit at Keesler. Avery found the boat while cleaning up the beach near Rodenberg Avenue in Biloxi.
Oscar Eckhoff, who lives near Hiller Park in Biloxi, is proud to take part in the cleanup at the park.
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