Litter Bugs Me & Coastal Cleanup Day
September 15-19, 2026
Working together to support a Cleaner California Coast
A huge thanks to all our EAC volunteers and staff, and wonderful community groups that helped clean trash from our roadsides and beaches. Your participation helped keep trash from threatening the health and safety of people, wildlife and habitats in West Marin. EAC is grateful for your partnership! We welcomed new volunteers and many of you who have participated in this cleanup event in past years. It's a testament to how much care and stewardship our community feels toward protecting this place we all love. Including 10 community groups, over 132 people cleaned up roadsides, beaches, and the waters and shore of southern Tomales Bay!
All together over 754 pounds of trash and 105 pounds of recycling were removed from the free-range environment!
Community groups that participated this year include:
- East Shore Planning Group scrubbed a long stretch of Route 1 in Marshall of roadside trash;
- Salmon Protection and Watershed Network who cleaned up Chicken Ranch Beach and Sir Francis Drake Blvd nearby;
- Saint Columba’s Church Council of Ecological Discipleship who cleanup up Inverness town and Sir Francis Drake Blvd north of town to Pine Hill Rd;
- Rotary Club AND Olema Association worked together who cleaned up long stretches of Sir Francis Drake Blvd and Route 1 in Olema;
- All Hands Ecology cleaned up Route 1 in Marshall near Walker Creek to Cypress Grove and the beach at Cypress Grove with families from Shoreline Unified School District;
- West Marin School’s third grade who gleefully cleaned up trash from Giacomini Wetland;
- Tomales Bay Oyster Company who cleaned up the southern part of Tomales Bay by boat; and
- Nicasio Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary who cleaned up Nicasio Valley Road all the way from Point Reyes Petaluma Road to Sir Francis Drake Blvd!
Thank You also to KWMR for supporting our community outreach, Recology Sonoma Marin for donating the use of their trash and recycling bins to help us deposit the sorted trash and recycling in the proper place, and Marin County and individual donors for supporting this work to coordinate our twice per year cleanup events.
We will hold a cleanup in March, too! Stay tuned and check our Spring Litter Bugs Me page for the dates, TBD.
Become a Tide Turner Partner!
Be the force that turns the tide for our coast.
Take your stewardship to the next level and partner with us to protect the coast. By donating, you help support our efforts to protect and sustain the unique lands, waters, and biodiversity throughout the year, including programs like coastal cleanup events, which support our watersheds, wildlife, and community. Click here to donate, or contact us for help.
Here’s how your support makes waves:
Environmental Impact
Visible Results: Each cleanup directly removes hundreds of pounds of plastic and waste from coastlines - mostly microplastics!
Sustainable Action: Funding supports education, tools, and long-term coastal care programs.
Measurable Change: Receive reports on cleanup outcomes—trash removed, areas cleaned, volunteer hours, etc.
Brand Image & Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Boost Brand Reputation: Align with a cause that 80% of consumers care about—environmental protection.
Authentic CSR: Show your commitment to sustainability with real-world action, not just statements.
Recognition: Your brand featured on the website, social media, press releases, and in event materials.
Community Engagement
Local Goodwill: Support communities by preserving their beaches and livelihoods.
Volunteer Opportunities: Engage your employees, customers, or students as hands-on participants.
Tide Turner Partner Giving Levels
Tide Ripple $100: Name on EAC website for one year, and one social media posting thanking all partners.
Tide Shifter $250: Benefits list above, plus logo with a link to your business on the EAC website and one social media posting thanking your business.
Wave Maker $500: Benefits listed above, plus logo and link in attendee emails, and two media posts personally thanking your business.
Coastal Guardian $1,000: Benefits listed above, plus four media posts (one each quarter), and one Protect What You Love beanie!
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This event was founded over 20 years ago by Marin County residents, Rigdon Currie and Dennis Rodoni
(currently our District Four Marin County Supervisor) before the event was handed off to EAC in 2009.
Photos by Sarah Killingsworth
