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Sanders Beach, Bertrand Park & Payne Bridge @ Bayou Texar from picking up 327 lbs of litter. Bringing the monthly total to 1,695 lbs. Thanks to the members of Kappa League.
Kudos to McQuires using cardboard to go box instead of styrofoam yesterday and the Fish House for the area in front of the restaurant as clean as I have ever seen it!
There are two homeless shelters and a floating dock from Hurricane Sally at Bartram Park, either in the water or within several feet
Twenty eight volunteers collected 529 lbs of trash. Whatabuger styrofoam cup was greatly outnumbered by Circle K’s Polar Cups - is it unreasonable to have reusable cups available?
319 lbs by 25 volunteers
26 volunteers (thanks to Navy Recruiting Class NORU-22-290-2) collected 256 lbs @ Naval Live Oaks and Bob Sikes Bridge. A further 14 lbs by Joe & Rebecca at Our Lady of Assumption church area and 97 lbs by seven volunteers along Hwy 90 - Simpson River
pickup 257 lbs of trash @ Gulf Is. Nat’l Seashore - Ft. Pickens! Thanks to “HOBY” South leadership group to bring the monthly total to 2,333 lbs.
Please note a map of the sites for the up coming week will be the background photo on the Home page, the first photo on the gallery page and hopefully on the NEWS on Thursday.
that are too lazy to put trash in a nearby garbage can?
Two sites today - Ft Walton Beach Landing and Wayside Park/Graffiti Bridge. 43 volunteers picked up a total of 818 lbs of litter
plastic read further HERE. The National Parks have set a goal of 2032 to eliminate plastic bottles - seems like a long time but there are 400+ parks and service contracts to update. This year the City of Pensacola stopped the purchase of styrofoam food containers and cups
at Chimney and Bay Bluffs Park. Seventeen volunteers picked up 295 lbs of trash - a lot of fireworks debris at Bay Bluffs.
pickup along Hwy 90 from Pensacola to Pace! 983 lbs from beside the road was collected. A further 54 lbs was picked up at Bruce Beach by 10 volunteers. Thanks to Myrna & Sabine’s individual pickups, 2,602 lbs for the month of June
There were 5 Polar Pop styrofoam cups within six feet of trash bags at Chimney Park. When will Florida join the 21st century (Yes the 2000’s) to recall the various preemption laws that prevent the elimination of single use containers? Styrofoam, plastic water bottles & grocery bags…
At Chimney Park 11 volunteers picked up 109 lbs and at Bay Bluffs Park fourteen volunteers collected 172 lbs of trash
