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- Caymus Maxson started the youth-focused environmental nonprofit Trash Turtles after witnessing beach waste being swept into the sea in Florida.
- The organization has successfully removed six tons of debris and collected 75,000 cigarette butts across 300 miles of coastline.
- Maxson recently received the 2026 Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes for her conservation efforts.
- The group is now relocating its headquarters to Pacific Grove, California, to continue its environmental advocacy.
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“I saw a problem with trash being raked to the water’s edge, where I knew the incoming tide could carry it out to sea, and I wanted to do something about it. That moment became the start of Trash Turtles”
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…such as environmental protection, technology, education and community service. Small action becomes youth movement Maxson said the decision to start Trash Turtles came from seeing rubbish being pushed towards the sea. “ I saw a problem with trash being raked to the water’s edge, where I knew the incoming tide could carry it out to sea, and I wanted to do something about it. That moment became the start of Trash Turtles ,” Maxson said as qouted by Surfrider Foundation. The organisation’s approach is based on the idea that environmental action does not always require a large campaign or a complicated solution. It can begin with a small…
“#LeaveWith3 was my way of taking a big problem and creating a simple solution that everyone could understand and participate in. The idea is that if each person picks up just three pieces of trash wherever they go, together we can leave the environment a little better than we found it”
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…piece of rubbish. This idea also became the #LeaveWith3 movement. It encourages people to pick up and properly dispose of at least three extra pieces of trash wherever they are, including at school, work or the beach. “ #LeaveWith3 was my way of taking a big problem and creating a simple solution that everyone could understand and participate in. The idea is that if each person picks up just three pieces of trash wherever they go, together we can leave the environment a little better than we found it ,” Maxson said. More than six tons of debris removed The numbers behind Trash Turtles show how small actions have grown over time. The organisation says it has removed more than six tons of trash and marine debris and…
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