Friends of Accotink Creek
Virginia Waterway Cleanup Day
part of the International Coastal Cleanup
September & October, 2007

Thanks to all the Friends of Accotink Creek who joined the International Coastal Cleanup along our 13 adopted stretches of Accotink Creek in 2007. Thanks to all their efforts, we together removed 138 bags of trash, 19 tires, and junk ranging from a lawn mower to a bathroom sink.

Plan now to volunteer again with others to preserve our oceans and waterways or coordinate one of our cleanup sites in September & October, 2008! And don't miss the Potomac Watershed Cleanup in April, 2008!---- Contact us, E-mail.

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The volunteers of Genzyme Corp. pose with some of the fruits of their labors.

The volunteers of Genzyme Corp. hard at work.

Not only trash is found along Accotink Creek.

One of the beneficiaries of our cleanup efforts.

Trash in our streams is fed mainly by litter running off streets and parking lots, into storm drains. Friends of Accotink Creek conducts public education and storm drain marking events to address this chronic problem at the source.

Learn about storm drain filters as a part of the solution: National Inlet & Trident

The International Coastal Cleanup is the world's largest volunteer data collection effort devoted to the marine environment. The Ocean Conservancy compiles the data received from sites around the world, and prepares a summary report to be used by citizens and policy makers in evaluating our progress in dealing with this serious form of pollution.

Join Friends of Accotink Creek in next year's cleanup in September & October,2008. Contact us, E-mail.

Learn more about Clean Virginia Waterways