Tony Felice
Beach & Bay Press: Keeping Mission Beach clean a daily challenge for residents.
On a gorgeous April 9 morning, dozens of volunteers including entire families recovered pounds and pounds of trash they’d collected to be...
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Tony Felice
Apr 15, 20222 min read
Mission Beach Loses Over Five Hundred Pounds In Just Hours! Learn How Today!
The 2nd annual Don't Trash Mission Beach, Beach Clean and Food Drive was a great success. Approximately 80 of our amazing volunteers...
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Tony Felice
Feb 5, 20223 min read
January Beach Trash Totals 10,000 pieces of trash.
Don't Trash Mission Beach Trash numbers are for the last two weeks in January. We now have our Cohasset Court Trashpickers using our app...
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Tony Felice
Aug 23, 20211 min read
September 11 Beach Cleanup
This Beach Cleanup was originally scheduled for August 28. We hope to see your smiley faces on our new cleanup date of September 11,...
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Tony Felice
Oct 26, 20201 min read
NBC 7 covers our story about the increase in mask and glove trash on the beach.
Our founders Cathy Ives and Tim and Tony Sanfelice talk about the increase in trash on the beach and their hopes that people are mindful of
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Tony Felice
Sep 14, 20202 min read
Our first Beach Cleanup and Art Installation was a Huge Success!
On September 12th we held our first beach clean up and art installation at Belmont Park. We had more than 60 volunteers!
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Tony Felice
Sep 10, 20201 min read
Swim and Surf Gear
• Water sports trash: broken boards, leashes, fins, swim fins, wet suits, surf wax, booties, scuba gear (masks and snorkles), goggles,...
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Tony Felice
Sep 10, 20201 min read
Electronic Waste
Worldwide, 40 million tons of electronic waste is left in the environment every year.
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Tony Felice
Sep 10, 20201 min read
Wasted Food
Food Wrappers have taken over the #1 spot of beach trash picked up in 2019. The Ocean Conservatory counted 4,771,602 on one day
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Tony Felice
Sep 9, 20203 min read
Plastic food packaging now outpaces cigarette butts as most abundant beach trash
An annual global cleanup netted 32.5 million items in 116 countries in one day—including a garden gnome, a couch, and a bathtub.
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Tony Felice
Sep 8, 20203 min read
Large bonfire parties on Mission Bay frustrate city officials, nearby residents
We have been advocating for stiffer fines and more enforcement for years. Whenever a news source covers the story we are happy, but...
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Tony Felice
Sep 7, 20201 min read
Leaving bulky items in the alley is a crime.
If caught, illegal dumping carries a significant fine. By doing so it only serves to contribute to a generally trashy feel and visitors are
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Tony Felice
Sep 7, 20201 min read
Post labor day cleanup
We cleaned Mission Point and Mission Bay Parks today on Labor Day and while it was bad we expected worse. A lot of debris and trash left...
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Tony Felice
Sep 1, 20202 min read
Why Styrofoam Boogie Boards, Surfboards and Paddle Boards are bad for the ocean
Styrofoam boogie boards are a hazard to the earth and marine life
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Tony Felice
Aug 31, 20201 min read
Display at new Tybee Marine Science Center to showcase issue of beach litter.
ht Dirty Tybee volunteers say during every beach cleanup they collect between 3,000 and 6,000 cigarette butts.
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Tony Felice
Aug 30, 20201 min read
The Tragedy of Mariner's Way and Bonita Cove
Every night illegal fireworks and fires threaten wildlife, and anger residents. Every morning mounds of trash is left behind.
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Tony Felice
Jul 3, 20202 min read
The true costs of a plastic society.
How much does it cost society for plastic pollution? The result is not pretty. Conservatively the yearly estimate is $13 billion USD.
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