Volunteers came thru this week - six at Portofino dodged rain drops, Mryna & Sabine with 480 lbs on 9 mile, Mryna with 303 lbs near Dollar General on 9 Mile, myself at Park West, 2 residents on their weekly walk at Park West and Barbara on the beach - 859 lbs!
Jan 20th 22 volunteers braved cold temperatures to...
collect 659 lbs of other peoples’ trash
Thanks to Navy’s VCT Class 25-05 at Veterans Park and at the other sites - Gulf Breeze, Wayside and Pace/Hwy 90
Jan 13th Environmental thoughts on today's cleanup-
“Bound” water in single use water bottles thrown in garbage dumps - no longer available
An alternative to indestructible plastic straw
The first two weekends and several individual (Mryna) cleanups, 1,196 lbs of litter gathered. Sites were at the Nat’l Seashore, Chimney Park, Payne Bridge…..
Dec 30th Last cleanups of the year at Sanders Beach and Hwy 98 in Gulf Breeze
Today, 452 lbs was added to the yearly total by 33 volunteers - thanks Knights
Yearly total was down - loss of Bay Bluffs Park as a cleanup spot (under repairs?) and city cutting back brush at various parks minimizing trash left behind by homeless.
Dec 27th Fed up driving past litter along northbound Summit Blvd
off 9th Ave. Collected 23 lbs, 19 water bottles, six Polar and five Whataburger cups
Dec 23rd. Big finds at the west end of the Beach
Beach Toys and lots & lots of bottle caps (hundreds)!!! Unfortunately in Florida, natural springs supply water for bottle production. Blue Triton Brands is the major bottler. Why use natural spring water? COST!! Coke and Pepsi pay to use city water as a source. Blue Triton recently paid a $115 fee for up to 1.0 million gallons per day from Ginnie Springs! When will the city and county install more water bottle fill stations? (not water fountains!!). Ocean Hour with an Impact 100 grant will be installing 5 stations in the city
At Park West and the Dog Park, 18 volunteers picked up 218 lbs of litter. For the first time, I saw no Polar Ice or Whataburger styrofoam cups!
Dec 16th Two most common styrofoam items...
Whataburger and Polar cups!
Three sites on Saturday, Bob Sikes Bridge (N), Bartram & Wayside Parks produced 375 lbs collected by 23 volunteers. Daniel and company picked up 49 lbs on Hwy 90 bridge to Pace on Sunday
How many people just walked by?
Before Amy and helpers did the right thing and collected 9 lbs of solos. The pedestrian walkover at GBHS
Dec 9th Only one Polar cup along Scenic Hwy!!
Also no water bottle for web manager today! First time!
17 volunteers collected 197 lbs at Chimney Park and 11 picked up 72 lbs at James Morgan Park on the beach
Nov 25th. Second cleanup around Mahogany Mills..
Boat Ramp by 16 volunteers collected 153 lbs of litter
The usual Polar cups and straws at Quietwater Beach - amazing how much “stuff” is gathered from the beach - 103 lbs in 3 x 40 USG and 2 x 13 USG trash bags