Leave the beaches cleaner than you found them, asks the City of Corpus Christi. To help beach goers follow that request, the city is handing out bright yellow litter bags throughout the summer. The cleaner beach initiative, which begins with Spring Break this week, will continue through Labor Days says Derek Herzog, aquatics and natural resources superintendent.
New trash dispensers have been set up along the beaches where people can leave the trash bags for pickup. The free bags are available from any city employee working the beaches, including those from the Corpus Christi Police Department, Solid Waste Operations and Parks and Recreation.
Bags are also available from a dispenser set up near the Windward parking lot on the seawall. Project partners handing out bags on the beach include the Caller-Times, KIII-TV, Univision Corpus Christi and KEDT.
Almost 50 tons of trash were left behind by Spring Break revelers last year, Herzog says.
"We want people to take a bag, put trash in it and leave it at the trash containers," he told reporters. "Any little bit helps to keep our beaches clean"
Fines for littering on the beaches can run as high as $2,000.
