Impact
Our numbers and how we count them
Each figure comes with its counting method and its limits.
Sourced
From the Season 2025 report
- beach-cleanup volunteers since 2013
- 1,07,054
- tonnes of trash collected
- 973
- beach cleanups
- 750+
- hatchlings to the sea in 2025
- ≈49,659
- nests protected in 2025
- 383
- people at Hatchling Farewells
- 31,256
December–March
This season
Walks, people on sand, beaches, kilograms, nests and students: not published yet. They go up when the season closes.
Method
How each number is counted
- Walks run
- A walk that left the meeting point with a trained captain and at least one non-volunteer participant. Cancelled nights and site checks do not count.
- People on sand
- Checked-in attendance from the captain’s app. Bookings do not count.
- Beaches swept
- Distinct named stretches, counted once per season however often we sweep them.
- Kilograms lifted
- Weighed on a scale at the collection point, not estimated. Recorded against the 44-category tally on the cleanup page.
- Nests logged
- Nests our walks recorded and reported to the Forest Department, with location and date. Counted apart from the Season 2025 figures above, which are SAVEaTURTLE’s reported season totals.
- Students reached
- Students present at a session, counted by the host. Not school size.
What these numbers do not prove
They measure turnout, not how many turtles survive because of it.
The Forest Department and researchers measure that, over years.
Published
Season reports
After each season we publish one report: figures, method, what went wrong, and what changes.
Cleanup data can be exported in standard coastal cleanup categories.
