Teresa (Green Bag Lady) made special beach bags for several of us that do beach clean ups... and sent us 5 for our family to use!! Now, I attempted to make a video showing what sets Green Bag Lady Beach Bags apart from the rest... but *sigh* I just can't listen to my recorded voice!! (must figure out how they made me sound good in my FilterForGood film ;) ) Anyhow, the bags are made of vinyl with MESH bottoms... a mesh bottom means that all of the sand falls through and stays where it's supposed to-- the beach!!! YAY!! No more piles of sand in my driveway!! Thanks so much Teresa!! I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE our new beach bags!! So AWESOME!!!! :)
When I saw this single use plastic spoon on the beach last night, I immediately thought of the poster-- "The Spoon" by Max Temkin-- that I shared on my FB page back in September. (Thanks Sean!) If you haven't seen the poster, check it out here. It may seem like an absolute no brainer to not use disposable plasticware, but it's easy to get stuck using the stuff. So... my advice: Either buy a nice travel set of utensils or grab some out of your drawer and keep them handy! Please and thank you :)
Still picking up cigarette butts on Wrightsville Beach... and still no resolution as to how the Town of WB is planning on dealing with the problem. As beach season is now over, I have no doubts that this issue will be (once again) put off until next season... guess I'll be at this longer than I anticipated.
No worries though, because I decided a few months ago that I'm going to continue doing the 20 minute beach clean ups until Sara finishes her 365 non-consecutive day goal. (She just finished up with Day 227) Here's to at least another year... and our awesome awesome community! :)
20 minutes on October 23, 2011 at Access 29
Cigarette butts: 132
Total amount of cigarette butts removed from Wrightsville Beach, NC in 102 days:
35,411
Yay! I'm glad you are enjoying the bags and that they work well!
ReplyDeleteA mesh bottom = brilliant!
ReplyDeleteThose bags are so cool. And I can't wait for the day when I read on your blog that Wrightsville Beach has banned smoking - your persistence means it will happen!
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