That's the Oceanic Pier at Access 36. Access 36 has become a regular spot for us to do our 20 minute clean ups. It's one of those accesses that even in off-season... litter still abounds. Liz, who writes the Litter Sucks blog, joined us at Access 36. Liz does clean ups at Carolina and Kure Beaches... where she often loses track of time while picking up litter. The butt counts for CB and KB in the Community Butt Count come from her efforts :) Go Liz!!!
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| Sorry for the uber dark photo... the sun was strong!! |
Whenever we hit Access 36, my husband and I always make a right... heading south to the Oceanic Pier. It never fails that we find a good portion of our butt count under the pier... especially in the Oceanic Restaurant's employee break area. I know I bring this up A LOT....BUT... when I... and I alone... am able to pick up 42 fairly "fresh" cigarette butts in one area.... I think that's a problem. A problem not only because of the obvious... but also because if those people can casually put their butts in the sand under the pier... it means that they're casually putting their butts out everywhere else. That's a HUGE problem and such a bummer.
Of course, I always take photos of the litter that we find during our 20-minute clean ups... I feel like I'm always taking the same photos... cigarette butt here... plastic something there... with the most beautiful backdrop. Over the weekend I took some of the photos that I've taken during our 20 minute cleanups and made this video....
20 minutes on November 28, 2010
Cigarette Butts: 434
Total amount of cigarette butts picked up off of Wrightsville Beach, NC in 24 days:
10,398
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