In 2017, about a total of 800,000 volunteers in more that 100 countries gathered and collectively removed more than 20 million pieces of trash from beaches and waterways worldwide. The weight of the total trash collected was equal to 812 cruise ship anchors.
Volunteers were mobilized as part of the NGO Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup, which, in partnership with volunteer organizations around the globe, mobilizes volunteers to remove millions of pounds of trash from beaches and...
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