Volunteers bring the fight to keep oceans clean to the shores of Oak Bay

Volunteers bring the fight to keep oceans clean to the shores of Oak Bay

Toting garbage bins and metal grabbers, a small group set their sights on ridding Gonzales Beach of trash

On June 7, 2025, Barra da Tijuca Beach in Rio de Janeiro will host a major volunteer mobilization. In celebration of World Oceans Day, Ortobom, in partnership with the Worldpackers platform, is promoting another edition of Beach Clean Up, an initiative that combines environmental awareness and collective action. In an alarming scenario, in which plastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems has grown considerably in recent years and is expected to dou…