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ten volunteers gathered 131 lbs of trash at various sites at Gulf Is. Nat’l Seashore - Ft. Pickens.
Also, one volunteer collected 22 lbs of trash over 588 steps on Scenic Hwy near Scenic Court today. It took only a couple steps to find a water bottle and a Whataburger wrapper (most found fast food wrapper)
Over the course of 2020, on average a volunteer picked up 12.5 lbs of trash. A good number to use if no weigh scale is available.
three groups of volunteers picked up 219 lbs of trash at NLO, Gulf Breeze @ Shoreline and Bruce Beach
Be patient, month and year end numbers will be at the end of the month
made a donation of supplies and money. Cheque was delivered by Karen and Rose. Thank you!
Hobo Beach near Graffiti Bridge Also the usual debris from “artists” at the bridge. 607 lbs by 12 volunteers.
In Gulf Breeze (Bob Sykes Bridge), 11 people collected 69 lbs - day Toal of 676 lbs
19 volunteers collected 462 lbs of trash along the beach at Chimney Park.
A further 93 lbs was gathered by 14 volunteers at Navarre Beach - daily total of 555 lbs!
Like Bruce Beach, parts of a boat are now showing up on the shoreline
various locations collects ~150 lbs of trash. Will this change when the “SCAPE” project along the city’s Bayfront project is finished?
At NLO, 20 volunteers picked up 69 lbs and nine volunteers managed 154 lbs of trash along Bayfront
being dismantled by vandals. The debris is thrown onto the beach. OceanHour picks it up. How long will they last?
Volunteers picked up 454 lbs of a wide assortment of stuff - 20+ seed packages, a shop vac, a boat hatch cover, three roller bags, a large mirror frame, a wood end table, a harmonica, fishing line (s) need I go on? Meanwhile at Naval Live Oaks volunteers gathered 88 lbs.
On Thanksgiving, Andy & Tammy collected 137 lbs of trash along Bayfront Pkwy bringing the weekly total to 679 lbs. For the month - 2,234 lbs!
Thanks to volunteers such as members of UWF’s “Student Ambassadors”.
Today’s cleanup at Navarre Beach collected 273 lbs of trash. Earlier in the week volunteers from West Florida Home Education Support League collected 44 lbs at Navarre.
Weekly total was 737 lbs!
Picked up by 20 volunteers, or ~34#’s each! Well above the yearly average of 8!
The amount of styrofoam from cups, plates and containers on Hobo Beach is in stark contrast from my recent trip to California. Even with all meals we consumed, ALL TAKEOUT was paper based - NO STYROFOAM or PLASTIC STRAWS!!
for a total of 142 lbs. One volunteer at Blackwater Forest and 17 at Naval Live Oaks
