Surfrider UVic to host beach cleanup at Clover Point

The Surfrider University of Victoria Club will host a beach cleanup at Clover Point in Victoria on September 19 to observe International Coastal Cleanup Day. The event aims to address plastic pollution and marine debris.

To highlight the issue of cigarette butt pollution, which remains the most littered item in Canada, the organization will display Canada’s first cigarette surfboard. The surfboard was constructed using cigarette butts collected by Surfrider Pacific Rim.

As part of the Surfrider Foundation Canada network, the club intends to use citizen science data collected during such events to advocate for upstream policy solutions to reduce pollution at its source.