The Coastsweep beach cleanup is being planned for next month on the town-owned section of Nantasket Beach. Join the other volunteers at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, October 6 to collect trash and debris from the beach.

Since 1987, thousands of volunteers in Massachusetts have removed hundreds of tons of trash and other marine debris through Coastal Zone Management’s annual Coastsweep cleanup. This year, Austin Roberts, a member of Hull’s surfing community, is coordinating a Coastsweep cleanup on the town-owned section of the beach on Sunday, October 6 at 9:30 a.m. Roberts learned to surf on Nantasket Beach and says that coordinating this beach cleanup is his way of giving back to the community. This year, Hull’s Beach Management Advisory Committee also is supporting this endeavor.

As a volunteer at a cleanup, you will remove trash and debris from the beach and record the types and quantities of material you find. This data will be used to better understand what types of materials are littering the beaches all over the world. All volunteers are encouraged to wear protective gloves while collecting trash. Disposable gloves and trash bags will be provided, but gardening gloves, other reusable gloves and buckets for trash also work well, so feel free to bring your own to cut down on waste. This year the meet-up spot will be at A Street and Beach Avenue. Tacos will be served to volunteers, compliments of the South Shore Taco Guy.

Sign up to volunteer by contacting Roberts, 774-222-0020 or austintroberts23@gmail.com.

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