BRIDGEPORT — Save the Sound will hold a beach cleanup at the Gathering of the Vibes music festival this weekend at Seaside Park.The cleanup is part of the official Vibes program and will start at 9 a.m. Friday.
Volunteers will meet at the Save the Sound tent, in the nonprofit village and will then work along the park’s shore with trash bags and gloves, collecting litter from the festival and debris that has washed up on shore from the Sound.Coastal cleanups make the shore safer for humans and remove environmentally damaging materials such as cigarette filters, which leach toxins into the water, and plastic bags, which marine animals sometimes mistake for food.
More information about the coastal cleanup program can be found at www.ctenvironment.org/beach-cleanups.cfm.