Coastal Cleanup

The Apalachicola Riverkeeper, along with the Franklin County Departments of Parks & Recreation and Solid Waste & Recycling, is co-sponsoring the Ocean Conservancy’s 36th Annual International Coast Cleanup at 11 locations throughout Franklin County on Saturday, September 17 from  8:30 – 11:30 a.m. Last year, 283 volunteers in Franklin County collected more than six tons of trash from the local beaches, bay, gulf, and river. Each year, volunteers not only remove trash from the environment but also record what they collect in order to develop ways to deter these trash problems in the future.