at Chimney and Bay Bluffs Park. Seventeen volunteers picked up 295 lbs of trash - a lot of fireworks debris at Bay Bluffs.
Jun 25th Volunteers scratched the surface of trash...
pickup along Hwy 90 from Pensacola to Pace! 983 lbs from beside the road was collected. A further 54 lbs was picked up at Bruce Beach by 10 volunteers. Thanks to Myrna & Sabine’s individual pickups, 2,602 lbs for the month of June
Jun 11th Reusable cups anyone?
There were 5 Polar Pop styrofoam cups within six feet of trash bags at Chimney Park. When will Florida join the 21st century (Yes the 2000’s) to recall the various preemption laws that prevent the elimination of single use containers? Styrofoam, plastic water bottles & grocery bags…
At Chimney Park 11 volunteers picked up 109 lbs and at Bay Bluffs Park fourteen volunteers collected 172 lbs of trash
Jun 6th Thank you for your generosity in....
purchasing the “SURFN” license plate and “Surfing’s Evolution & Preservation Foundation” donation to Ocean HourFL! We are a partner of SURFN and encourage you to visit their website for all they do for our beaches. Click here Surfn
Jun 4th. Education is so important to improve...
the world around us! The only way to minimize one use plastics
Two main cleanups at Naval Live Oaks and Bob Sikes Bridge. Eight volunteers at each location collected a total of 263 lbs of trash. Thanks to Lisa in Okaloosa Cty contribution of 18 more lbs.
At 22,630 lbs there is only one year in the past six more lbs were collected than year-to-date in 2022. That was 38,400 last year Good work volunteers. Only way to lower is through education and commitment
Individual cleanups, you can contribute too!!
Individual cleanups are very welcome to improving our litter free views. Thank you!
In the month of May, Sabine (Pensacola), Myrna (Pensacola), Jen (Milton) and Lisa (Okaloosa) had cleanups. The impact over the month was 718 lbs - great!
May 28th Very old debris from the bay continues...
to show up at Bruce Beach plus unwanted bacteria. This example is a tire with oyster/barnacles attached
Twenty four volunteers picked up 275 lbs at Bruce, 5 collected 33 lbs at Veteran Park and 2 people gathered 192 lbs from homeless camps at Hawkshaw Lagoon park. The month’s total was 3,212 lbs
May 21st. There has only been two times...
a Whataburger container hasn’t been picked up by me since 2016 on the weekly cleanups! Today was no different!
Today 38 volunteers picked up 425 lbs of litter at Chimney & Bay Bluffs Parks. Thanks to Myrna & Sabine - collected 235 lbs of litter along 8 Mile Creek Rd and Hwy 90
May 7th Styrofoam doesn't disappear!
It just gets smaller!
This weekend we had four cleanup locations on Saturday - Okaloosa, NLO and Bob Sikes Bridge. 33 volunteers picked up 367 lbs of litter. On Sunday along Hwy 90 84 lbs - total of 451 lbs
Apr 30th. New site for Ocean Hour cleanup...
Along with the 315 lbs of litter picked up by 10 volunteers at Simpson River brings our monthly total to 5,041 lbs. This year’s to date total exceeds the full year lbs for 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2020. Our waterways thank you