A resolution celebrating the 40th anniversary of the International Coastal Cleanup.

Honors the 40th anniversary of the International Coastal Cleanup and urges action to reduce plastic pollution. The resolution would celebrate the ICC’s start in 1986 and its growth into a global volunteer movement, noting nearly 19 million volunteers have removed over 400 million pounds of ocean trash across 155 countries and nearly every U.S. state. It would highlight that the ICC’s dataset tracks over 420 million items, that more than 70% of U.S. items are single-use plastics, that 2024 saw over 486,000 volunteers collect 7.5 million pounds globally, and would encourage Americans to join local cleanups while noting cleanups alone do not solve the plastic pollution crisis.