Volunteer with us!

Help us to collect valuable data and marine litter

Clean Coast Bonaire organizes citizen science clean up surveys on the 2nd Sunday of every month.

You'll help the environment, meet nice new people & learn more about the types of marine litter that we find in the Caribbean. There will even be homemade cookies!

See the schedule below or check our Facebook page for more information.

If you're a school, business, eco-tour or dive group & are interested in an off-schedule clean up, please get in touch. We'd be happy to arrange a citizen science beach clean up with you.

The survey sites are easy to find, click below for directions:

Piedra Pretu

Boka Onima

Te Amo Beach

Bonaire beach clean up volunteers - Photo by Amy Weir

Current Schedule

Note:

Piedra Pretu and Boka Onima clean-up Surveys take place in the afternoon from 4-6pm.

Te Amo Beach clean-up surveys take place in the morning from 8-10am (to avoid the afternoon crowds).

2024

May 12th (4-6pm) Piedra Pretu

June 9th (8-10am) Te Amo Beach

July 14th (4-6pm) Boka Onima

August 11th (4-6pm) Piedra Pretu

September 8th (8-10am) Te Amo Beach

October 13th (4-6pm) Boka Onima

November 10th (4-6pm) Piedra Pretu

December 8th (8-10am) Te Amo Beach

Other ways to help

Marine litter has more than one source & requires more than one solution

All of us can take part in the fight against marine litter in different ways.

Participate in a beach or underwater clean up
Reduce your plastic consumption
Support local recycling
Petition your government to enact plastic reduction measures locally & globally
Learn more & educate others

Bonaire Dive Against Debris Fishing Line Clean Up - Photo by Amy Weir

Clean Ups

With or without citizen science

For any beach litter that you find (both in Bonaire or back home) outside of our OSPAR survey, the Ocean Conservancy Clean Swell App is a handy tool to allow citizen scientists to collect data regarding any marine debris they find at any time. The app can be downloaded here.

Other types of marine debris (such as abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear) needs to be removed by trained scuba divers. Data regarding marine litter collected underwater using the Dive Against Debris method can be recorded here. Check with your PADI dive center to see if they have any underwater clean ups organized.

You can also conduct an independent clean up (just not on a CCB monitoring site, please) or join an existing clean up.

One Hour Clean Up Power meets every Saturday from 9:00-10:00am at varying sites. To find out more, visit their Facebook page.

Reduce Your Plastic Use

Even a few small steps can go a long way to reduce your plastic footprint

Here are some helpful links:

A Plastic Free Bonaire

WWF's 10 Tips to Reduce Your Plastic Footprint

WWF-NL 21 Plasticvrije Tips

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Support Local Recycling

NOBO Bonaire is a local, small scale recycling program that makes useful products like phone holders, plant pots, bottle openers and coasters with 100% recycled HDPE.

For more information, visit Nobo's website, Facebook or Instagram.