This weekend, take part in Clean Ocean Action’s 36th annual Fall Beach Sweeps.

On Saturday, Oct. 23, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., thousands will unite along New Jersey’s shoreline, rivers and streams from Bergen to Cape May – including hundreds of civic groups, schools, scouts and businesspeople – to “give back to the ocean” by removing harmful litter and marine debris from the beaches and marshes and collecting valuable data.