Over 30 clean-ups are taking place in Dublin this week for World Ocean Day

Over 30 coastal clean-ups are set to take place around Dublin this week as part of World Ocean Day.

Celebrated every year on June 8, World Ocean Day aims to highlight the important role the ocean plays in our life.

In 2022, the focus will once more be on the 30×30 campaign: to create a healthy ocean with abundant wildlife and to stabilize the climate, it is critical that 30% of our planet’s lands, waters, and ocean are protected by 2030.

According to Clean Coasts, which is organising the clean-ups, one of the issues affecting our ocean is marine litter which has become a global problem for both humans and marine life.

However, communities around Ireland have demonstrated their desire to be part of the solution by taking part in several beach cleaning and clean-up calls to action.

Sinead McCoy, Coastal Communities Manager said: “We were so overwhelmed with the support received from the public.

“In under 72 hours over 230 clean-ups had already registered on the Clean Coasts website.

“Now over 4,000 volunteers are set to take action for World Ocean Day by organising or joining a clean-up event around Ireland.”

Volunteers who didn’t manage to secure a clean-up kit can still take action by joining an existing clean-up, a list of which can be found on the Clean Coasts website.

For more information on World Ocean Day and the clean-ups taking place this week, please visit www.cleancoasts.org/our-initiatives/world-ocean-day/

In County Dublin, over 30 clean-ups are set to happen, which will see at least 700 volunteers getting involved. This incredible support by the community in County Dublin comes after a successful National Spring Clean campaign in the county, which saw over 18,500 volunteers organising over 460 clean-ups in county Dublin.