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New Hampshire Coastal Cleanup

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Thanks to all who participated in the NH Coastal Cleanup on September 16-17!

Still want to help out? Contact us at 603-431-0260 or info(at)blueoceansociety.org to schedule a cleanup for your group of 10+ this fall!

2011 Coastal Cleanup Results

• Click here for a PDF: 2011 Coastal Cleanup Results

2011 New Hampshire Coastal Cleanup Sponsors

• Ocean Conservancy (overall coordination plus some supplies: bags, data cards, pencils)
• NH Coastal Program/NH Department of Environmental Services (grant to coordinate cleanup in New Hampshire, overall event support)
• Waste Management (donating trash disposal services)
• Starbucks Coffee (donating coffee to all public cleanup sites on September 17)
• Wentworth-Douglass Hospital (donated gloves)
• Exeter Hospital (donated gloves)
• Poland Spring (donated water)
• NH Division of Parks and Recreation (assisting with facility availability)
• Excella Healthcare (donation)
• Shaw’s Supermarket (donation of reusable bags)
• Flatbread Company, Portsmouth (donated food for coordinator’s meeting)

2010 New Hampshire Coastal Cleanup Results

• Student Cleanup - 9/24/10 - 682 volunteers participated in cleaning Wallis Sands Beach, Pirate's Cove Beach, Foss Beach, Rye Harbor State Park, North Beach and Hampton Beach, and picked up 948 pounds of litter!
• Coastal Cleanup Day - 9/25/10 - 20 more cleanups were held, resulting in a total engagement of over 1,300 volunteers who removed over 6,000 pounds of litter from the NH Coastline!

Top 10 Items Found During 2010 NH Coastal Cleanup

Item	Total Items
Cigarettes/Cigarette Filters	23,059
Rope	4,225
Food Wrappers/Containers	3,710
Beverage Cans	1,836
Caps, Lids	1,724
Bags(Plastic)	1,550
Glass Beverage Bottles	1,113
Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons	1,068
Beverage Bottles (plastic) 2 liters or less	996
Crab/Lobster/Fish Traps	800
Top Ten Total	40,081

People, Pounds and Miles in 2010

Site Name	People	Pounds	Miles	# of Bags
Rye Turnoffs	163	624	0.75	55
Pirates Cove	75	36	0.75	1
Seabrook Inner Harbor	8	200	0.5	12
Hampton Beach - Student Cleanup - N. End	191	98	0.75	10
North Beach - Student Cleanup	35	70	1	5
Foss Beach - South	120	299	0.3	15
Wallis Sands State Park North to Odiorne	126	91	1	3
North Beach	10	101	0	7
Ragged Neck State Park-Student Cleanup	140	362	0.5	15
Flounder Cove	5	18	0.25	1
Hislop Park	5	235	0.5	4
Portsmouth Commercial Fish Pier (Dive site)	10	500	.25
Odiorne Point State Park	13	108	1	7
Hampton Beach - Public Cleanup	34	54	0.6	4
Hampton Beach State Park	14	22	0.3	2
N. Hampton State Beach	22	24	0.5	2
Wallis Sands	3	2	1	1
Foss Beach- North	34	663	0.3	10
Jenness Beach	18	50	0.5	5
Foss Beach/Ragged Neck	37	175	0.3
Scammell Bridge	8	73	0.5	3
Peirce Island	43	367	1
Plaice Cove	9	45	0.4	4
Newington Point Beach	59	2221	0.5	32
Great Island Common	8	15.5	1	1
Seabrook Harbor	60	152	0.5	12
Durham Landing/Oyster River	3	25	1	3
Seabrook Beach	17	15	0.5
Newington-Fox Point	41	197	0.4
TOTALS	1311	6842.5	1685	214

Volunteers at Seabrook Inner Harbor	Girl Scouts near Odiorne Point

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