Contact: Jennifer Hall, Delaware Coastal Cleanup Coordinator, phone: (302) 739-9064
 

Coastal Cleanup Volunteers Make Record Turnout

Threats of light showers didn’t hold back the more than 1,900 volunteers who turned out to participate in Delaware’s 20th Annual Coastal Cleanup Saturday, Sept. 16.

The annual event was held at 49 sites all along the Delaware coastline, and a wide range of trash was collected. At Port Mahon in Kent County for example, volunteers found old car tires, tattered fishnets, discarded shoes, broken chairs, a car battery and a rusted out bathtub.

Final results from the Cleanup, including the number of volunteers and the amounts and types of trash found, are being compiled and will be released later.

Note to our media readers: Photos are available on request by contacting Coastal Cleanup Coordinator Jennifer Hall at 302-739-9064.
 

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