Wear comfortable clothing that you don't mind dirtying or you may have a problem when picking up trash on the beach!
Help small communities, school children and others learn how to clean up coastlines and why it's important. Hold talks, seminars and workshops to help others learn about the need to care for our oceans and beaches. Teach people to use less and recycle or reuse what we already have so we make less rubbish in the first place. As well, encourage people to stop throwing rubbish into the street because it ends up in the drains and then at the beaches and the sea.
When spending time at the beach, avoid taking anything that could cause problems as rubbish. Take all your rubbish out and be careful not to let plastic bags and other light items blow away when you're not paying attention; put them away before that can happen. Also check that you've collected all of your belongings before leaving. Stray flip-flops, food containers, towels, etc., all become beach junk when abandoned.
Clean up a park. Get a group of your friends together, or find a day when your family can all go out for a morning to a nearby park. Bring a few large trash bags and some gardening gloves with you. Start at the parking lot, and follow every path in the park, picking up every piece of trash you find. Within a few hours, your park will be spotless!
If you see trash off the path, don't hesitate – go and grab it. If it's hard to reach, find a stick and try to knock and drag it closer.
This doesn't sound like that much fun when you read it, but actually doing it is a great experience. In fact, you might like it so much that you want to set up a regular event once or twice a year to go back and clean it again