Lifeguard Tower 26, Ocean Park, Santa Monica CAtrash collected for 20 min. - 3.6 trash/ .6 recyclables
estimated pounds collected today - 4.2
estimated pounds collected to date - 297
I forgot my camera today so I found this picture from a past collection day and posted it above because the sunset looked similar tonight.
This has been an off week for me in terms of days out collecting and I can feel it. I had commitments on Wed. and Thurs. night around sunset. Then I got the flu and today was the first day back to the beach.
I gave my plastic water bottles that you can redeem for money to a man on the beach who was collecting them to recycle and make a little extra, and I'm sure necessary, cash. After he asked me if I worked for the city and I said no, he told me I was a good citizen for picking up the trash. I told him it helped me feel less depressed. I'm not sure her understood me.
Yesterday a scary report about staff germs being in the water in Washington State came out. Here is one source from USA TODAY and the other from Yahoo.
"The germ causes nasty skin infections as well as pneumonia and other life-threatening problems. It spreads mostly through human contact. Little is known about environmental sources that also may harbor the germ."
It was found in 7 beach sand samples found around Puget Sound.
But like Garen said earlier today after watching the documentary FLOW, "It is all about solutions." To which I'll add, or what is the f@#$^& point.
