Special Cleanup with Town School
Today the students from Town School for Boys came and help us clean Sharp Park. Sometimes, there is nothing like picking up trash on the beach to tired boys out!
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Crab Season & 710 Cigarette Butts
Another beautiful day spent on the beach! 16 volunteers helped up picket 56 lbs of trash and 7 lbs of recycling. Unfortunately, crab season means lots of busted crab traps and zip ties along with other fishing material, deadly for fish and birds. Please remember to take your trash with you.
Read more6550 Cigarette Butts Recycled
Have you ever heard of www.terracycle.com? If not, you should check it out! They recycle a lot of trash that you might think belong to the landfill for instance diapers, cigarette butts, pens, toothpaste, Nespresso capsules… But nope, if you start collecting any of those items, they will send you a UPS label to ship your box for free. Isn’t it […]
Read more151 lbs of Trash Picked Up!
Last Saturday was a wet day but thankfully the rain stopped right before our cleanup. 32 volunteers showed up despite the weather, it is always nice to see how brave and determinate our volunteers can be! We collected over 151 lbs of trash which included 24 lbs of recycling but also 4 balloons, 48 plastic bottles, 239 food wrappers, 571 […]
Read more12 Volunteers & 190 lbs of Trash!
There has been a lot of food container litter this week, but many of us have been picking it up on a daily basis, so that it did not accumulate. There were 5 car tires found that bumped up the weight to a total of 190 pounds of trash. There were 13 pounds of recycling, 10 straws, 10 bottle caps […]
Read moreCCD at Mavericks, 932 lbs of Trash!
What an amazing turn around we had on Coastal Cleanup day! We estimated 92 volunteers counting adults and children and you were all FANTASTIC! Unfortunately the tide was high which made it hard to clean the beach, but the neighborhood, the seawalls and the jetty definitely kept all of you busy. Together, we collected over 751 lbs of trash and 181 […]
Read moreMussel Rockstars Discover Possible Tsunami Debris
A fiberglass skiff possibly from Japan, which may or may not be from the 2011 tsunami disaster, recently washed ashore at Mussel Rock (near Avalon Canyon in Daly City) in August 2014. The site’s Adopt A Beach team discovered the skiff and went the extra mile to alert proper authorities to begin to identify and arrange for its removal. It is […]
Read moreMussel Rock is Getting Cleaner
We had a good turnout, yesterday, with one new volunteer and lots of loyal friends; welcome back Jody. I just went for a post-earthquake walk at dawn, today, to check on the status of the area. The aggressive wasps were still buzzing around my head at dawn. There was almost no trash to be seen, except three spots where people […]
Read moreVelella velella are at Mussel Rocks
We had another great cleanup that again brought some new volunteers to swell our loyal crew of volunteers. Welcome Cesar and Edric! There was slightly less trash than usual, probably because Cesar, Joe and a few others have been cleaning up on a daily basis. There were 115 lb trash, 23 lb recyclables, 564 lb green waste (special thanks to […]
Read more2 hours = 84 lbs of Trash
Saturday was a perfect day for a beach cleanup, foggy in the early morning and warm but just cool enough in the afternoon. We collected over 84 lbs of trash which included 36 lbs of recycling but also 2 buckets, 1 fishing net, 5 shoes, 2 diapers, 341 food wrappers, 848 cigarette butts, 93 plastic bags, 450 pieces of styrofoam, 15 […]
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