Beach Toy Recycling Program

Reduce, Reuse & Recycle Beach Toys at the
Virginia Beach Oceanfront!

Current Beach Toy Recycling Box Locations: NONE! They will be back on the beach in May!

We are currently collecting gently used beach toys for this summer. Please see drop-off locations at the bottom of this page.

A collection of beach toys that had been found littering local beaches.

When you’re a kid, a day on the beach just isn’t complete without beach toys! Unfortunately, many beach toys are accidentally forgotten at the end of the day or may be accidentally washed out to sea during a rising tide. Also, many beach toys are used during a temporary stay, then thrown away at the end of vacation. But we have a solution to reduce this type of pollution!
Beach Toy Recycling!

Keep It Beachy Clean has partnered with Lynnhaven River NOW, Tidewater Master Naturalists, Virginia Beach Lifesaving Service and Virginia Beach Ambassadors Program to implement this Beach Toy Recycling Program.

We also want to thank Cooke Elementary School and Seatack Elementary School for their beautiful artwork on the Beach Toy Recycling Boxes.

We would like to acknowledge the support of the following businesses and organizations:
Virginia Beach Resort Advisory Commission
Virginia Beach Oceanfront Enhancement Committee
Best Value Hardware
City of Virginia Beach

If you are interested in adding a Beach Toy Recycling Box in your beach, bay, river or lake community, please contact us for more information.

If you are interested in sponsoring a Beach Toy Recycling Box, please contact Emily at Emily@CleanVirginiaWaterways.org.

Believe it or not, plastic beach toys become litter in the ocean when they are left on the beach.

So leave a toy, or take a toy (or 2), when you spend a day at the beach.

Artwork by Cooke Elementary School 1st Grade Class.

Leave a toy, take a toy!

If you’ve purchased toys, but no longer want them, please add them to the box.

Did you find an abandoned toy on the beach, add it to the box!

Just need a few toys to spend the day with, take a few toys and put them back at the end of the day!

Really want to explore what all beach toys have to offer, take a few toys at a time and switch them out throughout the day!

Beach Toy Boxes are hibernating for the winter. They will be back in May before Memorial Day Weekend!
Check back for updates and additional box locations.

Children looking into beach toy recycling box

Students from Seatack Elementary School, An Achievable Dream Academy, show off their Beach Toy Recycling Box artwork.

If you have gently use beach toys that you would like to donate, please drop them off at these locations:

CVW Office: 1213 Laskin Road, Suite 101 (back of the building), please leave on the porch by the door if we are not there.

Earth Day Celebration at the VB Surf & Rescue Museum: April 22nd, 4:30 - 6:30PM

Suffolk Earth & Arts Festival: April 26th, 10AM - 4PM, CVW Tent

Live Green Norfolk: May 3rd, 11AM - 2PM, CVW Tent

MOCA Community Day: May 10th, 10AM - 4PM, CVW Tent

Old Beach Art & Eco Market: May 17th, 9AM - Noon, Eco Maniac Company Tent