Saturday, February 25, 2012

Our Daily Ocean: Day 120

On Thursday, my kids and I met our friend Ginger at Wrightsville Beach access 36.  Access 36 is our family's adopted beach access and now the place where we picked up the 40,000th cigarette butt off of Wrightsville Beach.
Doing only 20 minute beach clean ups... it's only taken 120 days to go over 40,000.  I'm committed to seeing this through... what will happen when it's 240 days?? ... no doubt that number will double.  UNLESS... (in the words of the Lorax)... someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

We need to show that the public -- locals and tourists--  is in favor of a ban on smoking on Wrightsville Beach.  Click here to send a letter today!
20 minutes on February 23, 2012 at Access 36
Litter by weight: 1 lb 4.3 oz
Cigarette butts: 200
 Total amount of cigarette butts removed from Wrightsville Beach, NC in 120 days:
40,195

1 comment:

  1. I love how you keep count of the cigarette butts being picked-up... a staggering amount! unbelievable... Eef

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