& Halifax/Indian River Cleanup

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PARTICPATED!!! Each year, on the third Saturday in September, volunteers from around the world join together to clean beaches, rivers and other waterways. This year, 1,082 volunteers cleaned 4,545 pounds of trash in Volusia County. Volunteers worked together in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma to document every piece of trash they found using standardized trash tally data cards. This information is used by the Ocean Conservancy to produce the world’s only state-by-state, country-by-country Marine Debris Index. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PARTICPATED!!!

Andy Romano Park 51 volunteers at Andy Romano Park cleaned up 152 pounds of trash from the beach and park.

Birthplace of Speed Park 17 volunteers cleaned up 40 pounds of trash at Birthplace of Speed Park

Callalisa Creek 13 volunteers cleaned up 163 pounds of trash around Callalisa Creek in New Smyrna Beach

Port Orange Causeway Park 123 volunteers cleaned up 400 pounds of trash at Port Orange Causeway Park

Dahlia Park Cherise’s Heavenly Fitness Center volunteers cleaned up 60 pounds of trash at Dahlia Park

Riverside Pavilion Park 51 volunteers cleaned up 350 pounds of trash at Riverside Pavilion Park including a boat seat

2017 Most common items found: Plastic pieces: 20,038 Plastic bottle caps: 15,561 Cigarette butts: 5,645 Foam pieces: 3,551 Straws/stirrers: 3,515 Food wrappers: 2,553 Plastic beverage bottles: 2,039 2017 Record breaking items found: Plastic lids: 1,942 Other plastic bottles (oil, bleach): 297 Fireworks: 1,079

A special thanks to all of the site captains and to: