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.
The survey sites are easy to find, click below for directions:
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).
2025
July 13th (4-6pm) Boka Onima
August 10th (4-6pm) Piedra Pretu
September 14th (8-10am) Te Amo Beach
October 12th (4-6pm) Boka Onima
November 9th (4-6pm) Piedra Pretu
December 14th (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
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:
WWF’s 10 Tips to Reduce Your Plastic Footprint
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.
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