At Naval Live Oaks (33 vols & 163 lbs) and south end of Bob Sikes bridge (28 vols & 121 Lbs). A first - a full alcohol bottle!
Daniel and 8 others collected 283 lbs of mostly glass bottles along Hwy 90 on the way to Pace.
Feb 25th Ocean Hour FL on the PNJ Opinion page!!
Comments?
Website manager has been “out of pocket” traveling and returned ill. Yesterday, two cleanups on the beach. One by OH at Park East (8 vols. and 228 lbs) and at Casino Beach, sponsored by Lazy Days Beach Service. In Pensacola, 23 vols collected 147 lbs.
Feb 3rd. Three challengers to ANDY!!
Quite a week starting on the 3rd - Mryna & Sabine contributed 1,100 lbs to the weekend total of 1,630! Thanks to the volunteers at Chimney Park, Bay Bluffs parking lot, Naval Live Oaks, Pace/Hwy 90 and Bob Sikes bridge
Jan 27th. Cleanups cancelled due lightning & rain
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