About

At Clean Coastal, we're on a mission to create durable, low impact essentials that make it simple for beachgoers to relax, pack up, and protect the places they love. . Our coastlines are facing an urgent crisis: each year, millions of pounds of trash wash up on our shores and harming our wildlife. The pollution crisis on our beaches is growing, and the root issue comes from small, preventable actions. But there's never really been a simple, effective way to manage and consolidate our personal waste - until now.

The Clean Coastal idea was formed as a way to make it easier for everyone to enhance their beach experience, create better beach habits, and protect the shorelines we all love. Our flagship Beach Bin and eco-friendly, portable Essentials Collection are designed to do just that (Coming Soon!) We started Clean Coastal to shift the culture of outdoor recreation toward responsibility and easy enjoyment with functional gear for cleaner shores, and our gear gives you the tools to enjoy your time outdoors—and do your part to protect it.

Founders:

Meet Sam Selick - Founder 

I grew up in Annapolis, Maryland and attended Penn State University where I completed my undergrad and fell in love with Penn State football. But I have always found myself around a body of water in the summers, whether it was the Chesapeake Bay, the beaches of Delaware and New Jersey, or at our lake house on Lake Wisconsin (Go Packers!). As I got older I got into skiing and fell in love with the mountains, but it was never that same feeling as that very first beach trip of the summer.  As a kid, every time I stepped into a surf shop, I had this unrealistic urge to buy everything in that store because all of the merchandise gave me such a strong affiliation with the places I love the most. This inspired me to kill two birds with one stone by creating a new outdoor beach brand that also enables people to tackle the pollution issue at the root that our coastlines currently face. Now, my wife and I have found a new coastline to call home in Southern California, and our Clean Coastal team is building something of our own—but with a little more meaning behind the merchandise.

This brand is for all generations of beachgoers— and it is empowering them to enjoy the nature responsibly.

Michael Barbalace - Co-Founder

I am a Maryland native who grew up in Baltimore, spending my summers on the Chesapeake Bay and at the Maryland and Delaware beaches. My wife and I now call Annapolis home with our two dogs. Those summers instilled in me a deep love for our coastlines and a powerful drive to protect them for what's to come. Launching Clean Coastal fills me with confidence and hope that we can protect our beaches and waters for generations to come.

Adam Walden - Co-Founder

Like Sam and Mike I grew up in Maryland, enjoying all that the Chesapeake Bay and the surrounding states’ many beaches have to offer. I’ve been environmentally minded for as long as I can remember; some of my earliest memories are of my dad teaching me about litter, erosion, and the difference between natural and man made objects during hikes on our local trails. My undergraduate studies at Brown gave me the opportunity to put some academic weight behind my interest in sustainability, including a semester long program on sustainable development in Costa Rica. Having worked in the tech industry for the better part of the last decade, I’ve seen first hand how small teams shipping innovative products can move the needle on big problems. To me, Clean Coastal represents an opportunity to do exactly that, in a space that I have and always will care about deeply.