Since 1986 Ocean Conservancy has been working with partners around the world to organize the International Coastal Cleanup. Our team works directly with cleanup leaders worldwide to ensure this global community is ready to activate each year. We provide communications and promotional support, free printed educational resources and data cards, and years of experience to help you navigate cleanup and data collection logistics.

It is through leaders like you that the International Coastal Cleanup celebrates 35 years of success. Below you will find tools to help plan and promote your cleanup event:

Clean Swell

Clean Swell® makes it easy for anyone to make an impact for our ocean. Download our app that makes it easy for volunteers to collect data and record their impact. The data they collect will instantaneously upload to Ocean Conservancy’s global ocean trash database. Learn more about Clean Swell here.

Volunteer Data Card

Collect data during your clean ups with these printable cards. Find them in various languages below:

Safety Steps Poster

Stay safe with eight helpful tips for cleaning up at individual and small group cleanups. Find it in various languages below:

• English
• French
• Portuguese
• Spanish (North & Central America)
• Spanish (South America)

Clean Up Data Poster

Promote collecting data at the ICC with our “Can You Top Last Year’s Finds” poster. Find it in various languages below:

• English
• French
• Italian
• Portuguese
• Spanish (Europe)
• Spanish (Mexico & North America)
• Spanish (Puerto Rico)

Ocean Trash Poster

Promote the ICC with the “What Will You Find?” poster detailing the types of trash commonly found at clean ups. Find it in various languages below:

• English
• French
• Italian
• Portuguese
• Spanish (South America)
• Spanish (Mexico & Central America)

Event Flyers

Invite volunteers to your cleanup with these posters with a blank box for your specific cleanup information:

• English
• French
• Portuguese

How to Use Clean Swell Poster

This instructional poster walks people through how and why to use Clean Swell to collect data:

• English
• Indonesian
• Spanish

Skip the Straw

Encourage your volunteers to skip the straw with these materials:

• Skip the Straw Flyer
• Skip the Straw Logo

Take Five for Turtles

When you Take 5, you make a difference for animals such as endangered sea turtles by preventing and removing trash that pollutes our beaches and waterways. Use these materials to promote this campaign to your volunteers:

• Take Five for Turtles Flyer
• Take Five for Turtles Logo
• Take Five for Turtles in Spanish

Educational Materials

These materials provide an introduction to ocean trash and what people can do to address the issue:

• Six Degrees of Separation 
• 10 Things You Can Do for Trash Free Seas
• Talking Trash & Taking Action Instructor’s Guide
  • English
  • Spanish