California Coastal Cleanup Day is a partnership between the California Coastal Commission, non-profit groups, and cities and counties throughout the state. This volunteer event brings out more than 40,000 volunteers from across the state to collect trash from our state’s shorelines, coast, rivers, creeks, lakes and inland areas such as Vacaville.
Coastal Cleanup Day has expanded its cleanup events to inland areas throughout the state because most of our waterways eventually make their way to the ocean. In Vacaville, the drainage area at Centennial Park flows into Horse Creek and then on to Ulatis Creek, Alamo Creek flows along the Biking Trail in which eventually leads to the Delta waterways.
Vacaville’s Creek Cleanup is a terrific way for students, church and service groups, friends, families and neighbors to take responsibility for their local waterways and to create awareness that individual actions do make a difference.
Coastal Cleanup Day is more than just a day to pick up trash. It’s an opportunity to create an understanding within the community that all of us are responsible for keeping our watershed clean and that everyone can make a difference.
When trash like food wrappers, cigarette butts and plastic bags, end up on or near the street, they can be washed into the storm drain system, when it rains, when watering the lawn or from washing the car. Once trash is washed into the storm drain system, it flows untreated to the nearest creek, river, the Bay and eventually the ocean, contributing to the pollution that already plagues these waterways.
