Because of the wind, we didn't find many cigarette butts...but we did find a LOT of other litter including other smoking related debris such as lighters.
Zak and I were discussing the fact that the one year anniversary of the Deep Water Horizon Oil spill is just around the corner. I wonder if people have forgot... I wonder after a year of one of the worst man made environmental disasters if we've learned anything? What have we changed?? What CAN we change?? Hmmm.... it's time we start demanding a Clean Energy Future.
As we were walking back from the beach strand, my daughter pointed out a plastic bag. Being barefoot, there was NO WAY that I could get it. BUT... lucky for us... Zak had shoes. :)
20 minutes on April 4, 2011
Litter by weight: 2 lbs 2.2 ozCigarette butts: 39
Total amount of cigarette butts removed from Wrightsville Beach, NC in 54 days:
15,728
Given the amount of apparel, are you sure there wasn't a body floating about? Amazing isn't it the diversity of things to be found thrown out and left behind. I have found pot pipes, credit cards, un-cashed payroll check, tools, keys, coins, microphone, un delivered stamped mail, a pink bra, and many un mention-ables. Litter picking can be like a treasure hunt-hey you never know what you might find. No pot of gold yet, but there is probably one out there somewhere.
ReplyDeleteBernie Paquette
http://www.litterwithastorytotell.blogspot.com/
It is just like a treasure hunt! My kids often find treasures in the form of sand buckets, shovels, and other beach toys... my youngest found a dollar once! It was his pride and joy for the entire day!!! :)
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ReplyDeleteFor Mother's Day we hiked in a private estuary... Sad to say we walked less than a mile and came out with a huge amount of trash! Most of it was stuck in the mangroves so we had to delicately climb through the trees to get to bottle after bottle. I've been told it's illegal to climb in the mangroves... Isn't THAT ironic!