COUNTING THE TIDES OF TRASH

摘要

Ocean Conservancy is marking its 24th International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) on September 19,2009, to encourage the greening of the world's oceans and coasts-and calculating the many tons of trash collected in the process. Born out of one Texas woman's desire to clean up a South Padre Island beach and mobilize thousands of volunteers in 1986, the Cleanup has since become a worldwide movement with over a million participants throughout North America and abroad.