Reef Alliance

     This month marks the Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Clean-up, the largest volunteer effort dedicated to cleaning our oceans and beaches. Organizations and individuals across the globe joined efforts in an attempt to rid our beaches and waterways of trash and debris. Volunteers also worked to identify trash origins,
hoping to stop the problem at its source.
    
     The results of this year’s clean-up are still being calculated, but the top three trash culprits of 2008 were cigarette butts, plastic bags,
and food/storage containers. Reef Alliance and the Ocean Conservancy
recommend that individuals pick up and collect trash, engage in community efforts and simply recycle, reduce, reuse, be responsible.

     This year our Snuba operator in St. Thomas represented Reef Alliance by hosting their own clean-up to support the Ocean Conservancy’s International Clean-up. Together with their volunteers they collected roughly 25 lbs. of garbage per dive - recovering cans, bottles, monofilament line, old buckets, and 13 boat batteries! Reef Alliance is proud to support organizations and efforts worldwide to promote the longevity and health of our oceans.