Father and son use B'CUS BOX, at our Pilot Beach Clean Up Station at Limantour Beach, Pt. Reyes National Seashore, CA

Did you know that more than a million seabirds, turtles, whales and dolphins die each year from eating ocean debris? It’s a big problem and you can be part of the solution! All One Ocean creates permanent, community generated Beach Clean Up Stations (B’CUS). B’CUS is a simple way for you and any beach-goer to help collect trash and enjoy the beach.

Many people think that the biggest source of pollution in the ocean is oil spilled from ships but most marine pollution is litter that starts out on land.

The most dangerous litter is our throw-away plastic because of its longevity and capacity to increase in toxicity, eventually returning to the human food chain in a more lethal form.

• Much of our plastic ends up in the ocean in giant collections of plastic called gyres, created by circular ocean currents. They trap debris for decades where it continues to break into ever smaller, more toxic pieces, never fully biodegrading.
• Too much of it winds up in the bellies of marine life. Like seabirds whose primary diet can be pieces of plastic and styrofoam.
• Creatures in the sea have existed for millions of years. They have not adapted to our ocean debris. When swallowed it contaminates the natural food chain – adding toxicity to our own systems when we eat ocean life.
• Beach Clean Up Stations provide a simple, doable way for people to have fun cleaning up trash as they enjoy their beach activities.
• As with our pilot project on Limantour Beach in Point Reyes National Seashore, communities organize and maintain these permanent stations.
• By removing beach trash we protect ourselves as well as the fish, turtles, whales, dolphins and sea birds that are sustained by All One Ocean.

Every tiny piece of human trash picked up is one less toxin in someone’s stomach.