Shoreline Cleanup – September 2022
In total, we had 43 participants that picked up 20.5 bags of trash and 0.5 bags of recycling for a totalof 225kg of material removed from beaches. Good job, team!
Top Items
- 198 cigarette Butts
- 186 plastic pieces less than 2.5 cm
- 103 pieces of soft plastic packaging
- 41 golf balls
- 33 bags of dog poop
Interesting Discoveries
- Rusty old Hot Wheels car
- Potted plant
- Intact acorn squash
- Large piece of rusty metal
- Boat anchor
- Metal Hip Flask
- Child’s toy shovel
- 6 Burnt wood pallets
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