Overview

• ICG, India’s national coordinator for ICC since 2006, led synchronized cleanups across all coastal States and Union Territories on September 20.
• Visakhapatnam’s RK Beach drive reported about 600 kg of recyclable plastic and 700 kg of other dry waste collected, according to Coast Guard officials.
• Regional Headquarters (West) in Mumbai said roughly 3,000 kg of litter was cleared at Girgaon Chowpatty and Juhu with about 1,000 volunteers participating.
• Kothapatnam beach in Andhra Pradesh saw about 1,626 kg of plastic waste and debris removed in an AWCS–HCLFoundation effort, while INCOIS reported around 100 kg collected at Ponnani, Kerala.
• Parallel reporting from California’s Coastal Cleanup Day listed early statewide totals of about 19,987 volunteers and roughly 89 tons of trash and recyclables, with figures still being finalized.