Westpoint Regatta Supports the Ocean  Cleanup

The Westpoint Regatta proudly supports the fight against oceanic plastic pollution led by The Ocean Cleanup .  Find out more about plans to initiate the largest cleanup in history at TheOceanCleanup.com. Their passive system may be a feasible and cost-effective method to remove half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 10 years’ time.

Please visit their website to learn more about their efforts.

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How You Can Help

​It's simple: do not buy single-use plastics or styrofoam. Sure, we recycle what we can but after it hits the recycle bin, trying to make some use of it is extremely difficult and often causes more pollution to re-purpose the item into something else.

The best way to solve a problem is not to create the problem in the first place - do not buy single-use plastics or styrofoam.

Find out more HERE

JOIN Coastal Clean Up!

Of the state-wide cleanup sites reporting from the 66,292 volunteers, they picked up 1,030,571pounds of trash and an additional 98,761pounds of recyclable materials, for a total of 1,129,332 pounds or 564.7tons.

Let's Make Trash Extinct!

1. Learn about the Clean Up HERE
2. Join a Clean Up 
3. Find out what 29 trash "species" are the problem for our coast and shorelines HERE

Join the Fight... EVERY DAY

How?

1. Try to find and buy products without plastic packaging.
2. Pick up trash where you see it.
3. Never leave trash in the back of your pick-up truck (it will just fly out and onto the road ways then into the storm drains and out to the bay)
4. Encourage your club, organizations and workplaces to omit single-use plastics and styrofoams.