California Coastal Cleanup Day—an annual event where thousands of volunteers spend the third Saturday of September picking up trash near the ocean—has turned into a monthlong event in Orange County, thanks to social distancing.
In a normal year, organized volunteers gather in groups throughout the state on one day to pick up as much trash as they can, to protect the ocean and the beaches. But this year, volunteers are picking up litter on their own schedules, and rather than dropping it off at centralized sites, they’re putting the trash in their own bins.
