The
Town of Bluffton is proud to once again participate in the annual Beach
Sweep/River Sweep on Saturday, September 20th. Each year
thousands of volunteers across the state will participate in the 26th
Annual Sweep, which is South Carolina’s largest one-day, volunteer, litter
clean-up of beaches, marshes and waterways.
The
Sweep will take place from 9 AM to 11:30 AM at the Oyster Factory Park
at the end of Wharf Street. All necessary supplies are provided by our local
Hardeeville Walmart Store #2832, Palmetto Pride, Beaufort County Recycles, and
others. Anyone with a boat or kayak is encouraged to bring it. Everyone else
will remove trash from parks and roadsides throughout Old Town to prevent
litter from entering the May River.
We
welcome all individuals, families, friends, schools, youth groups, civic
groups, conservation clubs and businesses. Last year in Bluffton 100 volunteers
removed 700 pounds of debris!
S.C.
Sea Grant Consortium and S.C. Department of Natural Resources have organized
this annual event since 1988. The Sweep takes place in conjunction with the
International Coastal Cleanup, coordinated by the Ocean Conservancy. Once the
Sweep is over, the Ocean Conservancy tallies all of the debris data. This data
helps us to learn the sources of litter to stop pollution before it
starts.
