Kailua Beach Clean-Up for the International Coastal Clean-Up Redux

The Clean-Up on Sept. 25th was an excellent success! Throughout the morning, 27 volunteers, plus a handful of cute keiki, put on gloves and went off with their buckets, bags, and screens. We collected litter from the beach parks and plastic pollution from the coastline between Kailua Beach Park and Kalama Beach Park.

 

Details compiled from our volunteers' trash tally sheets are below. We collected 90 POUNDS in 2 hours! All the data from this international event will be posted on the Ocean Conservancy website in the following months.

8 Paper bags                                            69 Cups, plates or cutlery

36 Plastic bags                                         165 Food wrappers

27 Balloons                                              33 Pull tabs

15 Plastic beverage bottles                        1 6-pack holder 

12 Glass bottles                                        68 Straws

22 Beverage cans                                     14 Toys

161 Caps or lids                                       22 Items of clothing, shoes 

15 Pieces of Styrofoam                           1000 Bits of micro-debris

200 Fishing line, net, or rope segments      5 Oil or bleach containers

40 Floats and lures                                   13 Pieces of plastic sheeting

1700 Cigarette butts                                 2 Batteries

 4 Cigarette lighters                                  2 Diapers

 9 Cigar tips                                             1 Syringe, 18 band-aids

38 Tobacco wrappers                                6 toothbrushes

Volunteers noted the massive amount of litter within the parks. We will be working to create more places to dispose of cigarette butts as well as to add recycling bins. There is always more to be cleaned up in these high traffic areas, so we encourage you to pick up a bag of trash every time you visit!

 

The event was followed by a low-impact potluck.

 

We extend a giant thank you and mahalo to all the participants who came out to support the efforts, those who donated buckets and supplies, and those who made some goodies to share. The Hawaii ZTA Alumnae Chapter made this their September event and drew ladies from around the island to help. Additionally, Huakailani School supplied us with the coolers for the day.

Tentatively, our next Clean-Up is scheduled for December. We are accepting ideas if you know of a Windward beach location or stream that is need of a clean-up crew.

PFK's next general meeting will be a screening of "Tapped" at 7pm on Oct. 14th. Details to follow soon! 

More photos are up on our FB page.

Sept. 25th The International Coastal Clean-up comes to Kailua Beach

We're planning to join the world's largest beach clean-up effort on the morning of Saturday, September 25th, the International Coastal Clean-up forwarded by the Ocean Conservancy.

Kailua Beach Clean-Up

*PLEASE check back for updates*

Saturday, Sept. 25th

8:30am check-in

11:00am: Join us for the trash weigh and tally 
and a low-impact potluck lunch

Kailua Beach Park, 450 Kawailoa Road

Meet near Main Parking Lot, East of Buzz’s

What to bring:

sunscreen, hat

work gloves

water bottles

a great attitude

low-impact lunch box or food to share, that means reusable plates/utensils too

family and friends

Also needed: (Can you help? Email us)
colanders or hand screens

5 gal. buckets

trash bags

pencils

extra gloves, canvas or latex/nitrile

large scale for weighing
large coolers
volunteers to man zones and stations

Please RSVP here: http://tiny.cc/BeachRSVP  or register as a volunteer.

Be part of something HUGE!

During the 2009 International Coastal Cleanup, 498,818 volunteers picked up 7.4 million pounds of marine debris, in 108 countries and locations around the world and 45 US states. Millions of debris items, ranging from cigarette butts to 55-gallon drums and household appliances, contribute to the deterioration of ocean ecosystems and harm humans, wildlife, and coastal economies.

In 2009, 60 percent of the debris collected and cataloged consisted of single-use, disposable items. Volunteers picked up 1.1 million plastic bags. And enough cups, plates, knives, forks, and spoons for a picnic for 100,000 people.

Because trash travels, we are all part of the problem—and the solution—whether we live hundreds of miles inland or along the ocean’s shores. The data collected from the International Coastal Cleanup help provide a road map for eliminating marine debris by demonstrating the scope and scale of the problem and documenting trends (from OC website).