Clean Coasts’ Big Beach Clean is taking place this weekend all over Ireland including Donegal.
Clean Coasts is once again teaming up with the International Ocean Conservancy for the International Coastal Cleanup event.
Last year more than 18 million pounds of trash was collected by nearly 800,000 volunteers in 91 from the world’s oceans.
Last year, 90 clean-ups took place in Ireland during the Big Beach Clean weekend. We are delighted to announce over 130 clean ups are planned for the 2016 Big Beach Clean weekend.
Thank you to all groups working along the coast this weekend, to protect our oceans, seas and marine life www.cleancoasts.org/our-initiatives/big-beach-clean/
Below is a list of clean ups happening in Donegal.
| Name of Your Group | Town/City | County | Location of Your Clean-up | Clean-up Meeting Point | Date of Your Clean-up | Time of Clean up |
| Bunbeg Beachsweepers | Lettekenny | Co. Donegal | Gweedore Estuary and local islands, tbd depending on weather | TDC | ||
| NUIG Students | Rossnowlagh | Co. Donegal | Canal Walk and the Claddagh Shoreline | at the entrance to the Aras na Mac Leinn/Student Centre, NUI Galway. | 15/09/2016 | 11am to 1pm |
| Keep Cruit Clean | Letterkenny | Co. Donegal | Cruit Island | Cruit bridge | 18/09/2016 | 12pm |
| Crana College Green Schools Team | Buncrana | Co. Donegal | Buncrana Shore Front | Crana College | ||
| Kilcar tidy towns | Kilcar | Co. Donegal | Kilcar beaches | Muckross beach | ||
| Annagry Tidy Towns | Letterkenny | Co. Donegal | Annagry and local surrounding area | Annagry Hall, Annagry, Letterkenny, CoDonegal | 17/09/2016 | |
| Abbott Ireland Diabetes Care | Donegal Town | Co. Donegal | Murvagh Beach, | Murvagh Beech @ 4pm Thursday 22nd September | 22/09/2016 | 4pm – 6pm |
| Sandy Claus | Mountcharles | Co. Donegal | The Warren Beach, Rossinver | The Warren | 17/09/2016 | 12 |
| Culdaff Tidy Towns | Culdaff | Co. Donegal | Culdaff Beach | Beach car park beside Culdaff Football Club | 16/09/2016 | 10.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. |
| Iasc na Mara swimclub | Bundoran | Co. Donegal | Main Beach and Rougey Rock | Rougey | 18/09/2016 | 4pm to 5 |
| North West Mountaineering Club | Letterkenny | Co. Donegal | Pollaguill Beach, Horn Head | Horn Head Bridge car park | 18/09/2016 | 11:15 to 14:30 |
| Carrickfinn blue flag Beach Committee | Carrickfinn | Co. Donegal | Carrickfinn Beach area | Beach car park | ||
| Greencastle community childcare | Greencastle | Co. Donegal | Greencastle shore path | Greencastle post office | ||
| Rathmullan Coastcare Group | Letterkenny | Co. Donegal | Rathmullan Beach | Rathmullan Beach Car Park | 17/09/2016 | |
| Killybegs Tidy Towns | Killybegs | Co. Donegal | Fintra Beach | Fintra Beach | 17/09/2016 | |
| Scoil Iosagain | Buncrana | Co. Donegal | Buncrana Shore Front | Buncrana Leisure Centre | 16/09/2016 | 13:15 – 14:45 |
| Arranmore Island | Via Letterkenny | Co. Donegal | All beaches:- Aphort, Chapel Strand, cloughorr, Leabgarrow and Pollywaddy | Community Centre Arranmore Island | 1pm – 3pm | |
| Bundoran Tidy Towns | Bundoran | Co. Donegal | Main Beach, Bundoran | Main Beach Car Park | 16/09/2016 | 6.30pm – 7.30pm |