Coastal Cleanup Day
2 Camarillo 2025 Statistics
Calleguas Creek
89 volunteers - 1100 lbs
Top Ten Items Picked Up
Item Pieces
1 Other Plastic Waste 156
2 Plastic/Foam Pieces 129
3 Other Bags (Plastic) 109
4 Beverage Cans 63
5 Construction Materials 55
6 Other Waste 54
7 Miscellaneous 43
8 Beverage Bottles (Plastic) 39
9 Food Wrappers 30
10 Grocery Bags (Plastic) 28
Mission Oaks Barranca
87 volunteers - 224 lbs
Top Ten Items Picked Up
Item Pieces
1 Plastic/Foam Pieces 559
2 Other Waste (Metal, Paper) 298
3 Other Plastic Waste 221
4 Food Wrappers 159
5 Cigarette Butts 81
6 Beverage Bottles (Plastic) 70
7 Beverage Bottles (Glass) 56
8 Beverage Cans 53
9 Other Bags (Plastic) 47
10 Miscellaneous 39
3 Ventura County
2025 Statistics
900+ volunteers removed
7,687 lbs. of trash and
recyclables.
4 2024 Coastal Cleanup Day Results
California Top Ten Items Collected
Item Pieces
1 Cigarette Butts 79,790
2 Food Wrappers 33,831
3 Other Waste (Metal, Paper, etc.) 20,125
4 Other Plastic Waste 14,265
5 Bottle Caps (Plastic) 14,013
6 Plastic Beverage Bottles 9,144
7 Other Plastic Bags 8,570
8 Beverage Cans 7,393
9 Straws/Stirrers (Plastic) 7,180
10 Beverage Bottles (Glass) 6,026
In California, 46,072 volunteers
removed over 496,995 lbs. from
1,648 miles!
In the United States, 144,423
volunteers removed 2,469,294
pounds from 9,060 miles!
5 Worldwide 2024 Statistics
486,706 volunteers removed 7,467,721 pounds of
trash and recyclables from 15,304 miles!
Worldwide Top Ten Items Collected
Item Pieces
1 Food Wrappers 1,442,860
2 Plastic Beverage Bottles 1,284,225
3 Cigarette Butts 1,227,124
4 Plastic Bottle Caps 979,400
5 Plastic Food Containers 523,998
6 Other Plastic Bags 480,371
7 Plastic Grocery Bags 468,394
8 Paper Cups and Plates 444,485
9 Plastic Cups and Plates 436,397
10 Foam Food Containers 404,636
6 Camarillo’s Cleanup Locations
September 19, 2026
Mission Oaks Park – Meet at Oak Canyon
and Mission Oaks Blvd. near tennis courts
Calleguas Creek – Meet at Creekside and Paseo
Del Campo at the entrance to the creek bottom
7 8
Coastal Cleanup Day
in Camarillo
Saturday, September 19, 2026
9 am to 12 noon
Visit vccoastcleanup.org or 805-388-
5391 for more information
Special thanks to California artist Phyllis Shafer for the generous donation of her artwork for this year’s event. Visit www.phyllisshafer.com for more information.