2025 International Coastal Cleanup Day
will be on September 20th

Welcome to our NY State Beach Cleanup Portal 🌊🐚
 
Here you can search for cleanups happening near you from August to December. 
  • You can Register your cleanup location as a Volunteer Beach Captain.
  • Or you can just sign up as an interested volunteer.
  • We will connect you to participating Beach Captains hosting their own cleanups at locations near you. 
  • Please also check through our Links and "How To” pages.
Forms on this page should be mailed to:

American Littoral Society
Attn: NYS Beach Cleanup Coordinator
18 Hartshorne Drive, Suite 1
Highlands, NJ 07732

Questions?
​If you have any questions about this site. Email me at [email protected].
​Check our Map Regularly To Find a Cleanup Near You:

From 2023 through the 2024 Coastal Cleanup season, 1,469 volunteers cleaned up and documented 12,366.86 pounds of trash found along 104.19 miles of shoreline along New York's Long Island Sound. 
 
The Long Island Sound is a special place. Its brackish water estuaries mingle with freshwater rivers to support a bustling undersea metropolis of more than 1,200+ invertebrates, 170+ fish species, and countless migratory birds that utilize its marshlands, coastal maritime forests, beaches, waterways and dune systems every year. The Sound is a living water purifier and nursery: wetlands and eelgrass beds help filter pollutants, protect shorelines, and give fish and shellfish a safe place to grow, and it is a place where people come to enjoy the coast. We hope that if you live on the Sound or are planning a visit this year, we encourage you to participate in a local volunteer cleanup at a beach near you to continue to support the vital natural resources of the Sound.
 
If you want to learn more, please visit the "links" page for additional resources and information.

Highlight Reel of Long Island Sound Volunteers
​Cleaning Up Thier Beaches

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