CARPINTERIA, Calif. – Buckets and bags of trash and other items have been retrieved on Central Coast beaches since the 4th of July weekend in focused cleanups.
Thousands of people came out at many popular seaside locations including Carpinteria City Beach, Butterfly Beach in Montecito, West Beach in Santa Barbara and Shoreline Park.
Although city and county officials saw less widespread trash, there were overflowing trash cans and many areas that had discarded items without an attempt to clean up.
Some efforts were led by the City of Santa Barbara and the non-profit groups, Channel Keeper and Tidy Seas.
At each location, hundreds of pounds of trash was collected either during organized clean ups, or over the three-day weekend by both volunteers and community members in the area.
Both Carpinteria and Santa Barbara have a designated group for volunteers to clean up specific project sites. They are "Carpinteria Beautiful" and "Santa Barbara Beautiful."
The city of Santa Barbara also has a forward planning Sustainability Department that works with its staff, volunteers, and other departments on these types of projects at the beach, nearby streets and creeks.
Monday morning, 150 Junior Lifeguards in Carpinteria who are taking part in seven weeks of activities, learned about environmental responsibilities and joined in on a clean up. They marched from their starting point in search of leftover bottles, cans, paper and microplastics.
(More details, video and photos will be added here later today.)
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