International Coastal Clean-up Day 2023
type: Dataset
description: Every year, on the third Saturday in September, the world celebrates International Coastal Cleanup Day (ICCD)—the largest coastal clean-up event globally. Marine litter is a global, intergenerational, and transboundary issue that poses serious threats to the environment, human health, and coastal economies. To combat marine litter and plastic pollution, SPREP, through the SWAP, POLP and GEF ISLANDS Projects, funded 23 organisations across Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Wallis & Futuna to conduct beach clean-up campaigns, including waste audits and awareness-raising activities.This report presents the results of the ten activities carried out under the SWAP Project during ICCD 2023.
date created: 14-03-2025T00:03:22.0
date modified: 17-10-2025T00:10:00.0
publisher: Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
subject of: Built Environment
subject of: Land
keywords: marine litter
keywords: plastic pollution
keywords: community engagement
keywords: Beach Clean-ups
keywords: Waste Audits
keywords: Awareness and Education
keywords: International Coastal Clean-up Day
license: https://pacific-data.sprep.org/resource/public-data-license-agreement-0
spatial coverage: Pacific Region, Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna
accountable person: SPREP
distribution: Activity Report
  type: DataDownload
  file format: pdf
  encoding format: application/pdf
  description: Every year, on the third Saturday in September, the world celebrates International Coastal Cleanup Day (ICCD)—the largest coastal clean-up event globally. Marine litter is a global, intergenerational, and transboundary issue that poses serious threats to the environment, human health, and coastal economies. To combat marine litter and plastic pollution, SPREP, through the SWAP, POLP and KIOST Projects, funded 23 organisations across Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu Vanuatu, and Wallis & Futuna to conduct beach clean-up campaigns, including waste audits and awareness-raising activities.This report presents the results of the ten activities carried out under the SWAP Project during ICCD 2023.