Save the date for the 2025 Virginia Marine Debris Summit to be held on March 18-20, 2025 at the Norfolk Botanical Garden.
The Virginia Marine Debris Summit (VMDS) is co-hosted by Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program and Clean Virginia Waterways. This 3-day event will focus on solutions to measurably reduce plastic pollution from entering Virginia’s freshwater and tidal rivers, estuaries, wetlands, beaches, and ocean. Speakers will share dynamic programs that have made a difference and can be replicated throughout the state. The summit will include in-depth solution-based discussions on the four major goals of the 2021-2025 Virginia Marine Debris Reduction Plan: Consumer Single-use Plastics, Derelict Fishing Gear, Microplastics & Microfibers, and Abandoned & Derelict Vessels. Learn more here.