I choose a random beach access at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina to do a 20 minute beach clean up. During the 20 minutes, we remove ALL of the litter from the beach that we find. We take care that we're not bringing more trash to the beach by using reusable buckets and a reusable tote bag to carry the litter we find off of the beach. I then weigh the litter for The Daily Ocean Community Count and count the amount of cigarette butts that we find. This is where we've been and what we've found.
August 2010
Day 1: Access 43 346 cigarette butts
6 oz (litter weight from day one doesn't include cigarette butts)
Day 2: Access 36 197 cigarette butts
2 lbs 9 oz
Day 3: Access 29 409 cigarette butts (joined by my husband's parents)
2 lbs
Day 4: Access 36 215 cigarette butts
2 lbs 8 oz
Day 5: Access 16 235 cigarette butts
1 lb 1 oz
Day 6: Access 24 342 cigarette butts
15.1 oz
September 2010
Day 7: Access 39 427 cigarette butts
1 lb ll oz
Day 8: Access 3 120 cigarette butts
2 lbs 7 oz
Day 9: Access 37 646 cigarette butts
11.6 oz
Day 10: Access 31 625 cigarette butts
15.6 oz
Day 11: Access 20 1,833 cigarette butts
3 lbs 7oz
Day 12: Access 28 952 cigarette butts
14.8 oz
October 2010
Day 13: Access 29 403 cigarette butts
litter not weighed
Day 14: Access 16 451 cigarette butts
1 lb 3 oz
Day 15: Access 10 160 cigarette butts
6.7 oz
Day 16: Access 43 265 cigarette butts
2 lbs 11 oz
November 2010
Day 17: Access 33 85 cigarette butts
5.7 oz
Day 18: Access 16 407 cigarette butts (Clean up with Mark from The Bait Tank)
6.8 oz
Day 19: Access 20 167 cigarette butts
6.8 oz
Day 20: Access 36 443 cigarette butts
1 lb 11 oz
Day 21: Access 29 526 cigarette butts
14.3 oz
Day 22: Access 16 545 cigarette butts (Clean up with Zak Keith of Oceana North Carolina)
1 lb 1 oz
Day 23: Access 39 166 cigarette butts
6 oz
Day 24: Access 36 434 cigarette butts (Clean up with Liz of Litter Sucks blog.)
13.5 oz
December 2010
Day 25: Access 4 44 cigarette butts
3.7 oz
Day 26: Access 26 198 cigarette butts
5.7 oz
Day 27: Access 18 461 cigarette butts (Joined by Tracy)
1 lb 15.7 oz
Day 28: Access 37 231 cigarette butts
13.5 oz
Day 29: Access 16 262 cigarette butts (A day of filming with Destin, Brett and Ron!!!)
12.8 oz
Day 30: Access 36 103 cigarette butts
1 lb
Day 31: Access 28 77 cigarette butts
5.6 oz
Day 32: Access 15 69 cigarette butts
1 lb 9.2 oz
Day 33: Access 43 720 cigarette butts (Merry Christmas! My brother and his girlfriend joined us!)
3 lbs 12.4 oz
Day 34: Access 36 315 cigarette butts (Joined by my friend Tracy and her 6 year old daughter Emma)
2 lbs 13 oz
January 2011
Day 35: Access 16 431 cigarette butts (Happy New Years with Bonnie of The Plastic Ocean.)
13.5 oz
Day 36: Access 42 125 cigarette butts
12 oz
Day 37: Access 29 66 cigarette butts
1 lb 8.1 oz
Day 38: Access 17 200 cigarette butts
7.6 oz
Day 39: Access 36 101 cigarette butts (Thanks to my Mom and sister Audrey!!)
13.1 oz
Day 40: Access 16 264 cigarette butts (Joined by Bonnie and Goffinet!!)
1 lb 6 oz
February 2011
Day 41: Access 29 89 cigarette butts (joined by Bonnie and Butch)
8.1 oz
Day 42: Access 43 92 cigarette butts
12.5 oz
Day 43: Access 17 85 cigarette butts
4.3 oz
Day 44: Access 36 92 cigarette butts (Joined by my mother-in-law)
9.2 oz
Day 45: Access 19 131 cigarette butts
l lb 2.4 oz
Day 46: Access 16 177 cigarette butts
14.1 oz
Day 47: Access 38 84 cigarette butts
12.8 oz
March 2011
Day 48: Access 20 76 cigarette butts
5.8 oz
Day 49: Access 16 103 cigarette butts
1 lb 2.1 oz
Day 50: Access 43 86 cigarette butts
1 lb 11.3 oz
Day 51: Access 29 173 cigarette butts
1 lb 7.4 oz
Day 52: Access 36 349 cigarette butts (Joined by my friend Tracy and her two kids!)
15.7 oz
April 2011
Day 53: Access 16 117 cigarette butts
5.3 oz
Day 54: Access 43 39 cigarette butts (Joined by Zak Keith of Oceana North Carolina)
2 lbs 2.2 oz
Day 55: Access 33 241 cigarette butts
6.5 oz
Day 56: Access 15 115 cigarette butts
9 oz
Day 57: Access 36 208 cigarette butts
6 lbs 11.1 oz
Day 58: Access 16 335 cigarette butts (Gabrielle of American Lung Association, Bonnie and her mom)
15 lbs 13.6 oz
Day 59: Access 29 279 cigarette butts
5 lbs 8.6 oz
May 2011
Day 60: Access 43 151 cigarette butts
2 lbs 2.2 oz + a broken beach chair
Day 61: Access 36 183 cigarette butts
2 lbs 10.1 oz
Day 62: Access 36 256 cigarette butts
11.6 oz
Day 63: Access 4 112 cigarette butts
14 oz
Day 64: Access 38 178 cigarette butts
15.7 oz
Day 65: Access 24 148 cigarette butts
7.3 oz
Day 66: Access 29 399 cigarette butts
1 lb 1.8 oz
Day 67: Access 18 740 cigarette butts (Tracy with Liam and Emma)
3 lbs 14.5 oz
Day 68: Access 15 843 cigarette butts
10 lbs 6.7 oz
Day 69: Access 29 658 cigarette butts
3 lbs 9.1 oz
Day 70: Access 17 487 cigarette butts
7 lbs 1 oz
June 2011
Day 71: Access 36 295 cigarette butts
11.4 oz
Day 72: Access 33 91 cigarette butts
1 lb 13.1 oz
Day 73: Access 5 68 cigarette butts
2 lbs 12.1 oz
Day 74: Access 19 469 cigarette butts
2 lbs 1 oz
Day 75: Access 18 439 cigarette butts
1 lb 5.5 oz
July 2011
Day 76: Access 16 703 cigarette butts (Joined by my mom, sister and friend Tracy)
8 lbs 3.6 oz
Day 77: Access 15 257 cigarette butts
10 lbs 15.6 oz
Day 78: Access 36 257 cigarette butts
1 lb 15 oz
Day 79: Access 36 287 cigarette butts
2 lbs
Day 80: Access 40 153 cigarette butts
8.2 oz
Day 81: Access 16 487 cigarette butts
3 lbs 1.9 oz
Day 82: Access 21 328 cigarette butts
1 lb 12.5 oz
August 2011
Day 83: Access 25 294 cigarette butts
15.7 oz
Day 84: Access 38 242 cigarette butts
10.4 oz
Day 85: Access 43 378 cigarette butts (Joined by our neighbors, Byron & Jessie)
5 lbs .9 oz
Day 86: Access 36 545 cigarette butts
1 lb 12.7 oz
Day 87: Access 16 366 cigarette butts
1 lb 11.4 oz
Day 88: Access 25 280 cigarette butts
2 lbs 6.5 oz
Day 89: Access 18 240 cigarette butts
1 lb 11.2 oz
Day 90: Access 39 176 cigarette butts
1 lb 9.1 oz
Day 91: Access 41 344 cigarette butts (With Tracy)
8 lbs 11 oz
Day 92: Access 42 270 cigarette butts
12.7 oz
Day 93: Access 43 182 cigarette butts (With Michelle-- another beach sweeper.)
3 lbs 12.1 oz
September 2011
Day 94: Access 36 244 cigarette butts (With Tracy)
1 lb 13.8 oz
Day 95: Access 17 2,026 cigarette butts (With Bonnie Monteleone)
2 lbs 6 oz
Day 96: Access 17 1,879 cigarette butts
6 lbs 14.6 oz
Day 97: Access 19 1,633 cigarette butts
1 lb 6.8 oz
Day 98: Access 36 193 cigarette butts
2 lbs 10.6 oz
Day 99: Access 16 759 cigarette butts (Joined by Bonnie, Ginger & John)
6 lbs 10.8 oz
Day 100: Access 40 163 cigarette butts (Joined by Susan: added to community count)
1 lb 7.5 oz
October 2011
Day 101: Access 15 175 cigarette butts (Joined by Nina)
2 lbs 1.7 oz
Day 102: Access 29 132 cigarette butts
1 lb 9.6 oz
Day 103: Access 36 198 cigarette butts
9.3 oz
November 2011
Day 104: Access 16 182 cigarette butts
6.8 oz
Day 105: Access 36 96 cigarette butts
4 oz
Day 106: Access 43 448 cigarette butts
1 lb 14.8 oz
December 2011
Day 107: Access 16 181 cigarette butts
4.8 oz
Day 108: Access 36 95 cigarette butts
9.5 oz
Day 109: Access 37 138 cigarette butts
1 lb .2 oz
Day 110: Access 16 301 cigarette butts
5.2 oz
Day 111: Access 38 588 cigarette butts
14.3 oz
January 2012
Day 112: Access 36 65 cigarette butts
6.6 oz
Day 113: Access 16 484 cigarette butts
10.1 oz
Day 114: Access 43 181 cigarette butts
1 pound
Day 115: Access 43 217 cigarette butts (with Tracy)
3 lbs 12.4 oz
February 2012
Day 116: Access 16 290 cigarette butts
15.4 oz
Day 117: Access 29 187 cigarette butts
1 lb 4.1 oz
Day 118: Access 16 392 cigarette butts
10.5 oz
Day 119: Access 18 541 cigarette butts
1 lb 3.8 oz
Day 120: Access 36 200 cigarette butts
1 lb 4.3 oz
Day 121: Access 16 200 cigarette butts
3.6 oz
March 2012
Day 122: Access 43 432 cigarette butts
1 lb 4 oz
Day 123: Access 16 425 cigarette butts
7.3 oz
Day 124: Access 17 458 cigarette butts (joined by my friend Tracy) *start of comparisons
11.8 oz
Day 125: Access 36 113 cigarette butts
10.3 oz
Day 126: Access 15 210 cigarette butts
1 lb 12 oz
Day 127: Access 38 91 cigarette butts
4.2 oz
Day 128: Access 43 394 cigarette butts (joined by my friend Tracy)
1 lb 10.2 oz
Day 129: Access 16 218 cigarette butts (Joined by Ben Bourgeois: added to community count)
3 lbs 8.6 oz
April 2012
Day 130: Access 16 278 cigarette butts (Joined by Jillian)
2 lbs 2.9 oz
Day 131: Access 16 642 cigarette butts
8 lbs 1.4 oz
Day 132: Access 15 380 cigarette butts (Joined by Bonnie & Ginger)
3 lbs 9.4 oz
Day 133: Access 34 175 cigarette butts
7.2 oz
Day 134: Access 29 212 cigarette butts
4.6 oz
Day 135: Access 29 159
8.1 oz
May 2012
Day 136: Access 36 105 cigarette butts
12.7
Day 137: Access 16 163
14.3 oz
Day 138: Access 36 101 cigarette butts
5.5 oz
Day 139: Access 16 136 cigarette butts
2 lbs 13.1 oz
Day 140: Access 16 167 cigarette butts
7 oz
Day 141: Access 22 128 cigarette butts
11 oz
Day 142: Access 16 148 cigarette butts
1 lb 3.6 oz
June 2012
Day 143: Access 39 94 cigarette butts
15.5
Day 144: Access 16 410 cigarette butts
2 lbs 13 oz
Day 145: Access 16 305 cigarette butts
4 lbs 11.5 oz
July 2012
Day 146: Access 36 224 cigarette butts
1 lb 4 oz
Day 147: Access 36 126 cigarette butts
1 lb 7.8 oz
Day 148: Access 19 210 cigarette butts
2 lbs 6.7oz
Day 149: Access 36 133 cigarette butts
1 lb 5.6 oz
Day 150: Access 16 197 cigarette butts
4 lbs 10.5 oz
Day 151: Access 36 123 cigarette butts
1 lb 9 oz
August 2012
Day 152: Access 17 227 cigarette butts
1 lb 12 oz
Day 153: Access 43 172 cigarette butts
1 lb 3.8 oz
Day 154: Access 36 121 cigarette butts
1 lb
Day 155: Access 16 707 cigarette butts
3 lbs 13.2 oz
September 2012
Day 156: Access 26 550 cigarette butts
1 lb 12.2 oz
Day 157: Access 16 131 cigarette butts
6.7 oz
Day 158: Access 36 343 cigarette butts (with Tracy)
1 lb 11.2 oz
