Overview of International Coastal Cleanup

Overview
• The 3rd Saturday of September of every year has been declared
“International Coastal Cleanup Day” through Proc. No. 470 dated
September 15, 2003

• In a span of 28 years, Philippine volunteers have reached more than 4.3

million, collected about 21,000 metric tons of trash and debris and
cleaned 62,925 kilometers of shorelines, waterways, rivers, lakes &
underwater areas
What is International Coastal Cleanup?
Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) is the
world’s largest volunteer effort for ocean’s health. ICC is held every
third Saturday of September of each year.

A balanced & healthy ocean - free of trash and pollution

Vision for a cleaner and healthier lives

To help clean the seas, rivers, lakes and waterways;

Mission To raise awareness on the growing marine debris problem.
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To increase
To remove awareness on the
trash/debris from extent of the
beaches and marine debris
waterways problem

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OBJECTIVES
To change To encourage practice
behaviors that of waste management :
cause pollution “4 Rs” (Reuse,
Reduce,
4 Recycle,
Respond)
To promote a
clean, healthy and
sustainable coastal
environment
 Coastal Clean up in Bataan

❑ Annually since 1999

❑ Part of the annual ICM work program since 2000
❑ Problems addressed by the clean up activity
❑ Engagement and participation of
community
❑ Proliferation of garbage and other marine
debris in the coastal area of Bataan due to
increasing population
❑ Environmental management awareness
among stakeholders
❑ Need to improve management and control
of coastal resources use
❑ Post evaluation and assessment being conducted
❑ Results being reported to all stakeholders.

“Water cleans people, it’s about time that

people clean the water.”
 Types of Cleanup

LAND Cleanup (park, beach, river, UNDERWATER (Scubasurero)

lake, waterways)

WATERCRAFT
New Ocean Trash Data Form
 Use of Ocean Trash Data Form

A tool for
Identify better
Record Contribute to policies/
material
information the Global plans,
composition
marine decision-
on marine of the most
debris making and
debris prevalent awareness
database
debris on ocean
trash
 Importance of Data Collection

▪ Will help us identify the type,

amount and sources of debris that
has accumulated in a particular site

▪ Debris information will increase

people’s awareness on the marine
debris problem and hopefully, will
change behavior that causes
pollution
 Importance of Data Collection

▪ Data collected will encourage

businesses, industries and
manufacturing companies to make
innovations to reduce trash and
protect the marine environment

▪ Data collected will help inform/

influence policy-makers to create
sound solutions to the marine debris
problem
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Link source: DENR BMB http://tinyurl.com/ICC2023PH

End of Presentation
( Prepared by ICC Philippines, August 2022)