Coastal Cleanup Day 2018

Culver City residents can participate in Coastal Cleanup Day, the world’s largest volunteer day to protect the environment from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, September 15. Registration to volunteer for Coastal Cleanup Day 2018 in Culver City is free.

In collaboration with Heal the Bay, Ocean Conservancy, the Los Angeles Department of Beaches and Harbors and the California Coastal Commission, Culver City will host four volunteer sites along Ballona Creek at Syd Kronenthal Park, Duquesne Avenue, Overland Avenue, Sepulveda Boulevard as well as one site at the base parking lots of Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook on Jefferson Boulevard. The City invites residents to come together to pick up plastic pollution and micro trash that have contributed to major pollution challenges in the region.

“Community volunteer participation is a part of the City’s larger goal to help bring awareness to the pollution that exists right here in Culver City,” said Culver City Mayor Thomas Small. “The City is proud to help organize an effort that encourages the caring people of Culver City to protect the local environment, and ultimately, our planet. It should be a beautiful day of teamwork and great progress.”

Culver City’s Coastal Cleanup Day 2018 programming is made possible by sponsors, including Culver City Public Works, Ballona Creek Renaissance, Echo Horizon School, Kiwanis Club of Los Angeles, Culver City Bike Collection, Heal the Bay and the Sierra Club’s West Los Angeles Group.

On Coastal Cleanup Day 2017, volunteers removed 800,000 pounds of trash and recyclables from California’s coast and inland waterways. Californians’ contribution made for 800,000 fewer impacts on the wildlife that calls California’s beaches and waterways “home.”

After the cleanup, participants are invited to visit the newly-created Rain Garden and Cistern Project at the Culver City Transfer Station (9505 West Jefferson Blvd.) from 1-3 p.m. to see how Public Works has diverted stormwater runoff from entering Ballona Creek yearlong.

About Culver City

Culver City is a five-square-mile, urban community of 39,000 residents surrounded mostly by the City of Los Angeles but also shares a border with unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. It is centrally located on the Westside near Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, and Los Angeles International Airport.  Culver City is particularly known for its well-run public school system, "small town" charm, growing high-tech and creative economies, and a dynamic downtown that is regionally known as a destination for restaurants, live theatre, and art galleries. 

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