Clean Virginia Waterways

Join Clean Virginia Waterways and Keep Norfolk Beautiful TONIGHT (6-7:30) for a beach cleanup at the Ocean View Community Beach Park (700 E. Ocean View Ave., Norfolk). Please check in at the park to pick up your supplies, including gloves, buckets, tongs and grabbers. We will be collected data for the International Coastal Cleanup so please download the Clean Swell app or we'll have paper data cards and clipboards available. All you need to bring is comfortable clothing, your filled reusable water bottle and some friends!
Please sign up so we know how many supplies to bring! https://secure.givelively.org/event/clean-virginia-waterways-inc/ocean-view-community-beach-park-cleanup
See you tonight!

Meet us here on August 3 for a beach cleanup!
We want to make finding us as easy as possible. Look for the Clean Virginia Waterways and Keep Norfolk Beautiful banners near the park entrance at 700 E Ocean View Ave.
🗓️ Monday, August 3rd
⏰ 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
📍 Ocean View Community Beach Park (700 E Ocean View Ave)
Register ahead of time so we can make sure we have enough supplies packed for everyone! We're excited to see you.
https://secure.givelively.org/event/clean-virginia-waterways-inc/ocean-view-community-beach-park-cleanup

There is just one week left till the Sand and Surf 5k 10k Race!! It is next Sunday, August 9th at 7:30am. Don't forget to register and start getting your racing gear ready!

Also to be more mindful about sustainable running practices bring a reusable water bottle instead of plastic and naturally packaged fueling choices like bananas and oranges instead of prepackaged snacks. We will also have a running shoe collection bin for anyone who wants to donate old running shoes to be recycled.

Plastic free July may be ending, but that doesn't mean you should stop being plastic free! Reducing our plastic consumption and waste is very important for the whole year not just July. With all the tips and tricks you've learned this month, keep being mindful of reducing your plastic usage when you can. No one is perfect, but even the littlest actions are a great step forward to helping our environment.

We had a great turnout for last night’s film screening of “We’re All Plastic People Now” at the Williamsburg Regional Library . Big thanks to the library for hosting us, our partners Oceana and Sierra Club York River Group, our amazing panelists Dr. Rob Hale (VIMS), Karen Aneiro (Falmouth University) and Dylan Mason (Lynnhaven River Now), our exhibitors including LRNow , Protect VA, and Sierra Club York River Group and all of the wonderful people that came out to learn more about the plastic pollution crisis.
We still have a few spaces left for tomorrow night’s screening at Tabb Library, starting at 5:30. See our website for more details. CleanVirginiaWaterways.org/film-screening

Craving your favorite local restaurant? Consider dining in instead of takeout!

Enjoying your meal at the venue naturally eliminates single-use boxes, bags, and plastic wraps. Plus, it is a delicious way to participate in Plastic-Free July and support our local Virginia businesses directly! 🥞🌊

Calling all runners and walkers! Clean Virginia Waterways is the charity beneficiary for the Sand and Surf 5k 10k race on August 9th! Arrive at 7:30 am, with the 10k beginning at 7:45am and the 5k at 8am. Proceeds of the race go towards helping our mission to reducing plastic pollution! We are working with Bishop's Events to make the event sustainable by reducing waste where we can.

Visit https://raceroster.com/events/2026/116359/sand-and-surf-5k-and-10k to register for the 5k and 10k!

Have you been going plastic-free this July? Have you considered how to reduce microplastics in your daily life? Here is your brief how-to guide!

Welcome to Virginia Beach Mama Leatherback!
Leatherback sea turtles are the largest of all turtles and 3rd largest reptile on the planet. They are the only turtles that can slightly regulate their body temperature (all turtles are cold blooded) because of their size (Gigantothermy). They can grow up to 2,000 pounds by eating a diet of sea jellies, tunicates and other soft animals. This is a species that is very susceptible to the negative impacts of plastic pollution including entanglement in derelict fishing gear, accidental ingestion of balloons, plastic bags and other floating plastics, especially film that resembles jellies and entanglement in large floating plastic debris. How can you help this Mama, her hatchlings and all other sea turtles? Here are a few ideas:
Never release balloons!
Skip plastic bags and use reusable ones
Recycle your line and dispose of all fishing gear properly
Participate in a litter cleanup in your community or favorite beach.
Small habit changes can make our waterways and oceans safer for these ancient critters.

Come out to our Ocean View Community Beach Park Cleanup! It will be on Monday, August 3rd from 6pm to 7:30 pm at 700 E Ocean View Ave. See you there! 🌊🚯