Educational Cleanup with Moishe House

Outing Goal

This was also our first SeaKeepers beach cleanup where we transitioned to using the Marine Debris Tracker app in an effort to promote the use of coastal cleanup data in research and the creation of local pollution policies based on the types of trash that are most prevalent along our coastlines. Marine Debris Tracker was created by some of our SeaKeepers research partners from the Jambeck Research Group at the University of Georgia to aid in data collection for their Circularity Assessment Protocol (CAP) that aims to better understand the solid waste management practice of urban areas. Among some of the biggest solid waste offenders we often see around Miami are bottle caps, plastic bags, plastic straws, and cigarette butts. A huge thank you to those volunteers who recorded their collections on Marine Debris Tracker, data is the first step towards lasting and impactful policy change, and we are so glad you’ve been involved in making that difference. Not only that, but we hope our volunteers were all able to learn something about marine pollution that inspires them to reduce their waste creation in their own daily lives. Again, a huge thanks to everyone who spent their beautiful, sunny Sunday afternoon being stewards of our environment, and special thanks to our partner Debris Free Oceans for combining forces with us to educate the community on marine pollution and sustainability.