Kids will tackle trash this summer with “Clean Streets = Clean Beaches” campaign
It was a hot, sunny morning on Tuesday, July 9 when a host of New York City agencies and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency came together in Coney Island to launch the 2013 “Clean Streets = Clean Beaches” Campaign in front of MCU Park, home of the Brooklyn Cyclones.
Since the early 1990s, the city’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), in partnership with its sister agencies in the city and the federal government, has sponsored the “Clean Streets = Clean Beaches” operation, a public information and beach clean-up program to improve the cleanliness and aesthetics of city beaches by reducing littering on streets and in parks.
Among its highlights, the agencies will marshal city teens who are working through the Summer Youth Employment Program to help clean waterfront properties affected by Hurricane Sandy – which hit 254 days prior to the press conference.