Orcas Island ExchangeGICU 2022: The Results Are In
Great job, Orcas! During this year’s Spring 2022 Great Islands Clean-up we had 71 volunteers cover 55.5 miles of road and beaches – including two miles of inaccessible beach via kayak!! Our trash per miles amount…
Catching up with Historical Garbage
Since the first Great Islands Clean-up in 2014, we have been tracking the number of volunteers, miles we’ve cleaned up, and pounds of garbage picked up per mile on Orcas. As you can see from the…
Cleaning up Litter Around the Island
Thanks to everyone who participated in the 5th annual fall Great Islands Clean-up! For the first time the event spanned a full week, and was largely self-organizing due to COVID protocols. However, we still had at…
Islanders Keep Great Islands Clean-Up Alive!
The Great Islands Clean-Up (“GICU”) has been a County-wide celebration for the last seven years. Participants band together and scour the islands to pick up all the litter along the roads and beaches on Orcas, Lopez,…
Great Islands Clean Up becomes Month-long Individual Effort
The Spring Great Islands Clean Up has been cancelled, but you can still do your part. In honor of Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary this April, Islanders are encouraged to use the whole month to help tidy…
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