Help Clean Ocean City Beaches This Weekend

OCEAN, NJ — When you sit down on the sand on a beautiful summer day, you don't want to be surrounded by cigarette butts and bits of plastic. Join Clean Ocean Action on April 11 to help keep the Atlantic tidy with their Annual Spring Beach Sweeps.

New Jersey's largest grassroots environmental volunteer event and one of the longest-running beach cleanups in the world invites you to "spring into action" from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on April 11 at 80 beach and waterway locations across the state.

Registration is required for all participants and can be completed through Clean Ocean Action's website. Groups are welcome, but all individuals within a group must register separately.

Plastic pollution remains one of the most pressing threats to marine ecosystems. Each year, Beach Sweeps volunteers remove thousands of plastic items including bags, which break down into harmful microplastics, endangering marine life and contaminating our waters. By bringing a bucket, volunteers can significantly cut down on single-use plastic waste while making a positive impact.

Help clean these local beaches:

• Ocean City - Ocean City Music Pier (825 Boardwalk, Ocean City, NJ 08826)

• Strathmere - 1400 Commonwealth Ave crossover (1400 Commonwealth Ave., Sea Isle City, NJ 08243)