Saturday, September 22, 2012

Day 334 - Sept. 21, 2012




lifeguard tower 26 - Ocean Park, Santa Monica CA
trash collected for 20 min. 
1.5 pounds
1,262.8 pounds total 

1 cigarette butt


I weighed frequently found trash items for a previous post and came upon the list again this week.
1.5 pounds of trash is great! Yes and no because of the weight of the litter I find. 

For example - 
A Werther's Original Candy Wrapper weighs .02 ounces
It would take 1,200 wrappers to = 1.5 pounds of trash

A plastic single-use bag weighs .25 ounces 
(yes, they are often heavier on the beach given the water and sand)
It would still take around 96 bags to = 1.5 pounds 


And remember, all the trash I report about here is found in only 20 min. 


ONE FISH 
TWO FISH
RED FISH 
BLUE FISH

PLASTIC FISH?


Thanks to my friend Mark for keeping me company on yet another cleanup.