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California Coastal Cleanup Day 2019 Photo Gallery

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What do we love more than our local beaches? Healthy beaches. On Saturday, September 21, more than 1,600 volunteers basked in the "summer" sun and showed the local coastline some love by picking up trash in celebration of California Coastal Clean-Up Day. Dozens of sites throughout the parks participated, from Marin County to San Mateo County. Over the course of the day, 1,647 volunteers removed more than 4,344 pounds of garbage from our coastline. That's equivalent to the average weight of a large SUV. 

At Ocean Beach, pictured here, more than 975 volunteers picked up more than 2,000 pounds of trash (about a metric ton) for this 3.5-mile sandy stretch of shoreline. Along the way, volunteers unearthed a rain gutter made for the side of a house and a flip phone. 

But the work is not finished! There's always, unfortunately, more garbage to collect. Make every day California Coastal Clean-Up Day when you volunteer with the Parks Conservancy. Check out our Volunteer page for more opportunities to do awesome in the parks.  

  • California Coastal Cleanup Day Volunteers pose with bucket of trash they collected from Ocean Beach in San Francisco.
    Volunteers pose with a bucket of trash they collected from Ocean Beach. Ryan Curran White/Parks Conservancy
  • Two volunteers on trash pick up walk down Ocean Beach with buckets.
    Two volunteers on trash pick up on Ocean Beach. Ryan Curran White/Parks Conservancy
  • Recology worker walks trash bin down sidewalk at Ocean Beach in San Francisco.
    Recology worker walks trash bin down sidewalk at Ocean Beach in San Francisco. Ryan Curran White/Parks Conservancy
  • Crowd of volunteers on trash pickup duty on Ocean Beach in San Francisco.
    Volunteers during California Coastal Cleanup Day 2019. Ryan Curran White/Parks Conservancy
  • Adult shows trash to curious boy on his dad's shoulders on Ocean Beach in San Francisco.
    California Coastal Clean-Up Day is our largest volunteer event, accounting for more than 7% of our annual volunteers. Ryan Curran White/Parks Conservancy
  • Bare-footed couple wants down Ocean Beach in San Francisco with buckets in hand.
    California Coastal Clean-Up Day is our largest volunteer event, accounting for more than 7% of our annual volunteers. Ryan Curran White/Parks Conservancy
  • Two girls run in foreground of a wide shot of a crowded Ocean Beach.
    California Coastal Clean-Up Day is our largest volunteer event, accounting for more than 7% of our annual volunteers. Ryan Curran White/Parks Conservancy
  • Reology worker puts bicyle wheel in trash bin. Taken during California Coastal Cleanup Day in Ocean Beach in San Francisco.
    California Coastal Clean-Up Day is our largest volunteer event, accounting for more than 7% of our annual volunteers. Ryan Curran White/Parks Conservancy

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