Every year, on the third Saturday in September, the International Coastal Clean-up Day (ICCD) is celebrated. This is the single largest coastal cleanup day in the world. Since the beginning, more than 50 million volunteers removed more than 280 000 tons of trash in 180 countries around the world.
Working to support our Pacific islands to ensure a healthy and sustainable environment, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has been engaged in the International Coastal Cleanup Day since 2021, through the SWAP Project, as well as the Pacific Ocean Litter Project and the GEF ISLANDS Project.
