Please show up for Coastal Cleanup Day, Saturday

People of all ages can help make San Mateo County cleaner and greener by scouring beaches and watersheds on September 20 during California Coastal Cleanup Day, the largest volunteer event of its kind in the state.
Coastal Cleanup Day is sponsored by the San Mateo Countywide Water Pollution Prevention Program and California Coastal Commission. This is the 24th year thousands of Californians will work together along beaches, shorelines and inland waterways to clear cigarette butts, cans, bottles, plastic bags, grocery carts, old tires and other debris.
Last year, more than 2,000 volunteers in San Mateo County removed 19,983 pounds of trash and 4,050 pounds of recyclables. Statewide, more than 60,000 volunteers hauled off nearly 1 million pounds of trash and recyclables that would otherwise soil the state and threaten the health of wildlife.
The vast majority of the debris wasn’t dropped on beaches or tossed into a watershed. Instead, most of the debris started out as garbage on urban streets and was carried by storm drains or blown by the wind.
Volunteers are encouraged to show up at any of the following cleanup locations in San Mateo County at 9 a.m. on September 20. Most cleanups end by noon.
For more information about the San Mateo Countywide Water Pollution Prevention Program or clean-up sites within San Mateo County, visit www.flowstobay.org or call (650) 372-6200. For information on statewide locations and this year’s corporate sponsors, visit the California Coastal Commission at www.coast4u.org.
Click below for a list of Coastside locations

Coastside locations

Half Moon Bay
* Pillar Point: From Hwy 1, turn westbound onto Capistrano Rd. at light. Left onto Prospect Rd. Right onto Broadway. Quick left onto Harvard; follow to end. Right onto Westpoint. Follow around marsh. Turn left into Parking lot.
                         
* Roosevelt / Dunes State Beach: Hwy 1 to Young Ave. Meet at the kiosk at the end of the road.

* Poplar State Beach: Located a half-mile west of Hwy 1 at the end of Poplar Ave. off Hwy 1, just south of Half Moon Bay State Beach. Parking available at the bluff top parking lot.

* Francis State Beach: From Highway 1, turn west on Kelly Ave (south of Highway 92).

Miramar
* Mirada Surf West: Meet at Coronado/Highway 1 in Mirada Surf West County Park. Park on one of the residential streets east of Highway 1 - not on the shoulder of Highway 1. Please cross Highway 1 in the crosswalk at the Coronado stoplight.

Montara
* Montara State Beach: We will meet in the Northern Parking lot of Montara State Beach (Not the Outrigger). If you are coming from the North, it’s the first turn off after the Devil’s Slide. If you are coming from the South, drive past Montara and past the Outrigger and it will be the last turn off before the slide. I will have a sign out on the road.

Southcoast
* Pescadero State Beach: Off Hwy 1. Meet at the beach’s northern parking lot.

* Pistacio State Beach: 10 am - 1 pm. Meet at the northwest end of Pigeon Point road at Hwy 1. Parking is available on Pigeon Point Rd. Please wear closed toed shoes, and if possible, bring small hand tools or leather gloves.

* San Gregorio State Beach: Hwy 1 at Hwy 84. Large parking lot - free parking for volunteers.
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