Yesterday, (Friday, June 24) was the first time this summer I have been to the beach after rainfall. Woo hoo! Because of this, it was hard to discern patterns in the sand, so I did lots of checking and re-checking to make sure I wasn't mising any turtle tracks. (Thanks so much for "checking and re-checking" Susan!!) There was, however, still lots of very visible litter.
My totals for yesterday in zone 3 were 2 bags of trash, and 1 very full reusable bag of recyclables (equivalent to 4 grocery bags of recyclables). Litter included:
22 plastic bottle caps
2 plastic spoons
1 plastic knife
1 plastic grocery bag
4 styrofoam cups
5 ads for Sandbar
15 sand toys
1 toy car
5 ziplock bags
14 plastic cups
1 beer bottle
15 plastic straws
1 child's Croc shoe
13 plastic water/juice bottles
7 aluminum beer/soda cans
1 bottle of Africa's best Herbal Oil
59 cigarette butts
Sadly, one of the ziplock bags I found was full of coquilla clams that had been left to die. I am hoping that it was done by a child who didn't know they were live organisms.
Large items that I discarded at the beach included 1 tee shirt, 1 white hotel towel, and 1 pole from an umbrella.
I wanted to also mentioned that I added an item to my Etsy shop this week that's to commemorate the efforts of the KIC team. I'm hoping to spread the word about our work! http://www.etsy.com/listing/76385528/recycled-bottle-cap-seashell-pendant?ref=pr_shop
-Susan
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