​​Brazil 2016

April 23, 2016 was a great day to celebrate Earth Day in Rio de Janeiro. COI helped organize a beach cleanup event on the famous Itacoatiara Beach in the Niteroi suburb.

Friends and families came out and made a two-hour mile long beach walk collecting the plastic scrap that made it past the city cleanup crew. 150 kilos later we had a major improvement in the beach and a real boost in awareness of the issue.

COI was sponsored by Silver Spur restaurant of Santa Cruz and Aquafish of Niteroi.

Local business took notice and invited us to return asap. We are looking into the option of our second event in August during the Olympic games to raise even greater awareness of the importance of Global Ocean Health.

​Project Summary

​Project Name: Brazilian Earth Day cleanup 2016

​Focus: Help orchestrate a community beach cleanup at famous Brazilian Beach.

​Number of Volunteers: 30

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​GROUPS INVOLVED

Clean Oceans International
local residents of Itacoatiara

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​CHALLENGE

​Event organization across 4 time zones

​14 hrs of travel time

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​SOLUTION

​Early start

Plenty of humor

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​RESULTS

150 kilos of plastic removed

New community awareness of plastic pollution and PTF recycling options