Community Count Day 245 - Catalina
Londono-Carder - www.clarder.com
Coronado Beach, San Diego, CA
trash collected for 20 minutes
15 ounces
The Community Count
total as of July 26 - 1,007.4 pounds
THE DAILY OCEAN
COMBINED TOTAL POUNDS - 2,161.6
That's over a ton
of trash off beaches world-wide, 20 minutes at a time. And as Catalina
said,
"At one point I saw a bottle of
Gatorade and decided to take a picture before I picked it up, and when I looked
trough my viewfinder trying to get the composition I noticed a dead Pelican
right next to the bottle. Here is the photo (I didn't arrange the shot, the
bottle was right next to the pelican), even if I have no clue what caused the
pelican's death,
I thought it was ironic.
So last Friday, while my friends and
I enjoyed Comic-con (I like comic-con, but tons of plastic came out of
there, one of the streets full of banners even smelled like plastic,
comic-con big bags, a lot of advertising and disposable tableware and water
bottles where used during that week.)
I went to Coronado Beach to join
Sara's project and spend 20 minutes collecting trash, I didn't get much in
weight, a little less than a pound (15 oz), But I was surprised how much trash
I found, including, some straws, cigarette butts, 3 Gatorade
bottles, several water bottles caps, a couple of bags
and 3 glow sticks, among other pieces of plastic.
Even if I am aware about plastic and
trash on the beaches, and I'm always picking something up when I find it, the
Beaches I have visited in California seem pretty clean to me.
That was until I start following Sara
and The Daily Ocean project. Now the beach doesn't seem as clean as before. I
find lots of plastic and trash everywhere, even at places where garbage cans
are close.
Thank you Sara for
the inspiration and for all of the effort in this project.
Thanks for your efforts Catalina!
