Fall 2016 Beach clean up

The most important thing first- a huge shout out to the 40 people that showed up! I have been doing these clean ocean action beach clean ups since 2008, and in those 8 years this is the first bad weather day we got. 50 degrees and raining made it a lil uncomfortable, but that didn’t stop the 40 awesome volunteers- many who came Wildwood middle and high school and Wildwood Catholic high school.

Together we collected 10 bags of trash and recyclables before the rain and cold got to us.

The top 5 categories were cigarette filters, plastic pieces, food and candy wrappers, shopping bags and paper pieces. The top item found were cigarette filters, of which we found 153!

Here are some pics from the beach clean up. Thank you all for coming out and making a difference, especially on a day that made it hard to get out of bed 😉

 

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Clean Ocean Action Fall Beach Clean Up Results!

The Results are in!

On Saturday October 19th, around 90 Volunteers found 35 bags of trash.

Top 5 Categories of trash found:

Glass Pieces 407

Cigarette Filters 378

Plastic Pieces 314

Plastic Caps and Lids 209

Plastic food/candy wrappers and bags 165

Not quite top 5 but close:

Plastic soda bottles 118

Straws 90

Out of 92 different types of trash listed on our data cards,

 we found 81 different types.

Odd things found: wooden pallet, apple basket, plastic sign, driveway reflectors, football,

plastic castle, flashlight, and an unopened beer

Thank you to everyone that helped- especially Wildwood High School and Middle School!

Clean Ocean Action and the Wildwood beaches thanks you!

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