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May 5, 2021
OCEAN CITY, MD– This past summer, Ocean City officials noticed more trash on the beach than in trash cans. Face masks and take out containers were some of the items littered across the town. To counter this rise in pollution, Ocean City is launching a new campaign, called Litter Free OC.
Despite the pandemic, last summer many people flocked to Ocean City. Unfortunately the town realized visitors were leaving more than their footprints in the sand. As a result, the Mayor of Ocean City tasked the town’s Green Team to create the Litter Free OC campaign.
“It got to a cracking point where we needed to do something. The Mayor asked about back in the day, when I was growing up, about “Every Litter Bit Hurts,” or “Give a Hoot, Don’t Pollute,” and “Don’t Be a Litter Bug.” We don’t hear a lot of this anymore. He wanted to bring that message back,” explained Gail Blazer, who is Ocean City’s Environmental Engineer.