The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced that Saturday, September 20, is the start of the 2025 COASTSWEEP season. These events, organized by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM), will run until early November. Since 1987, more than 111,000 COASTSWEEP volunteers have removed more than 1.4 million pounds of marine debris and other trash from Massachusetts beaches, lakes, rivers, and the seafloor. In addition to removing trash, COASTSWEEP volunteers tally the items found. This information is entered into Ocean Conservancy’s international marine debris database, where it helps researchers and policymakers better understand the sources of global marine debris and develop solutions for prevention.