Save The Bay is recruiting volunteers to help clean up trash and debris for Rhode Island’s International Coastal Cleanup beginning on Saturday, Sept. 17.

Nearly 80 shoreline sites will be cleaned during the event, and volunteers all over the world will document their findings to help reduce the problem at the source.  Volunteers are needed in Barrington this year for the following cleanups:

• Osamequin Wildlife Refuge, Saturday, Sept. 17,  from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

• Barrington Town Beach, Sunday, Sept. 18, from 1 to 3 p.m.

“Cleanups work best when communities join together to clean their ‘backyard,’ and we are looking for people to support their local beaches.” said July Lewis, Save The Bay’s Volunteer Manager.

To find out more about the International Coastal Cleanup or register as a volunteer, visit www.savebay.org/icc. Or sign up directly at: http://bit.ly/2bFnB2P

The International Coastal Cleanup, organized by the Washington, D.C.-based Ocean Conservancy, is the largest global volunteer effort on behalf of the ocean. Ocean Conservancy compiles data from global cleanups around the world and publishes an annual report on marine debris.

Save The Bay - Narragansett Bay is proud to serve as the coordinator for the International Cleanup in Rhode Island. Last year, beach captains led 2,199 volunteers in the cleanup of 69 miles of Rhode Island shoreline, at 85 sites throughout the state. Volunteers picked up 19,469 pounds of litter and debris, recording what they collected along the way.

At the end of the cleanup, all the data from Rhode Island’s shoreline is sent to Ocean Conservancy, where it became part of an annual report on marine debris around the globe.