Cleanup Reports

The International Coastal Cleanup®

In partnership with volunteer organizations and individuals around the globe, Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup® engages people to remove trash from the world’s beaches and waterways, identify the sources of debris and change the behaviors.

Past Reports

• 2023 Report: #SeaTheChange
• 2022 Report: Connect + Collect
• 2021 Report: We Clean On
• 2020 Report: Together, We Are Team Ocean
• 2019 Report: The Beach and Beyond
• 2018 Report: Building a Clean Swell®
• 2017 Report: Together for Our Ocean
• 2016 Report: 30th Anniversary
• 2015 Report: Every piece, every person
• 2014 Report: Turning the Tide on Trash
• 2013 Report: Working for Clean Beaches and Clean Water
• 2012 Report: Tackling Ocean Trash at Its Source
• 2011 Report: Tracking Trash 25 Years of Action for the Ocean
• 2010 Report: Trash Travels
• 2009 Report: A Rising Tide of Ocean Debris

Note: From 1986 to 2007, reports are titled with the year that the data were collected (i.e. the 2007 report highlights ICC data that was collected in 2007). Starting in 2009, reports are titled with the year that the data was released (i.e. the 2009 report was published in 2009 but highlights ICC data that was collected in 2008).

• 2007 Report: Start a Sea Change
• 2006 Report: A World of Difference
• 2005 Report: Cleanup Results
• 2004 Report: 2004 International Coastal Cleanup™ Results
• 2003 Report: 2003 International Coastal Cleanup™ Results
• 2002 Report: 2002 International Coastal Cleanup™ Results
• 2001 Report: 2001 International Coastal Cleanup™ Results
• 2000 Report: 2000 International Coastal Cleanup™ Results
• 1999 Report: 1999 International Coastal Cleanup™ Results
• 1997 Report: 1997 International Coastal Cleanup™ Results
• 1996 Report: 1996 International Coastal Cleanup™ Results
• 1995 Report: 1995 International Coastal Cleanup™ Results
• 1994 Report: 1994 International Coastal Cleanup™ Results
• 1993 Report: 1993 International Coastal Cleanup™ Results
• 1992 Report: 1992 International Coastal Cleanup™ Results
• 1991 Report: 1991 International Coastal Cleanup™ Results
• 1990 Report: Cleaning North America’s Beaches, 1990 Beach Cleanup Results
• 1989 Report: Cleaning North America’s Beaches, 1989 Beach Cleanup Results
• 1988 Report: Cleaning America’s Beaches, 1988 National Beach Cleanup Results
• 1987 Report: Texas Coastal Cleanup Report
• 1986 Report: 1986 Texas Coastal Cleanup Report