Clik here to view.
Plastic Bag Art By Catherine
One of the people who has took some of my FREE beach trash, was a middle school teacher named Catherine. It turns out that Catherine is a bit of an artist herself. This is a plastic bag installation...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cost of Homelessness; Artist Builds Homes From Trash
People complain about the homeless all the time, thinking that they are a bunch of bums who don’t want to work. In reality according to United States Conference of Mayors the major causes of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Saving Water In The Bathroom
Image: fabiusmaximus.com Many of us in water- rationed areas are under mandatory water rationing. While outdoor watering has been addressed, indoor use has not. Did you know the bathroom is one of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Trash Tuesday: Taxpayer Cost of Marine Debris In California
Often, when I pick up the beach, beach goers make remarks as to how trashy the beaches are. I have even had a few people say they will not return to that beach. A study by the NOAA, National Oceanic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
California Puts Freeze on New Uses of Bee-killing Pesticides
SACRAMENTO, Calif.— California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation has announced it will no longer consider any applications by pesticide companies that would expand use of bee-killing neonicotinoid...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Top Beach Litterers and Trashers in San Diego Are Under 40 Years Old
Years ago America the Beautiful did a study on cost of littering which included how much taxpayer monies were spent cleaning up trash, the types of trash and in some cases who litters. The reality is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
January 2019 Beach Trash Results
January was a rainy month, good we need it, but managed to get out and pick up some beach trash. Lost data on 5 days (60 pounds) and did not got out for 10 days. The total pieces not including the lost...
View ArticleClik here to view.
March Beach Trash 2019
March was an interesting beach trash month. We had weather (who didn’t) Did not pick up trash from the beach on 7 days and Spring Break started. When comparing March of 2018 withe March of 2019, it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
San Diego Beach Clean Up: 3 Year Overview April 2018, 2019, 2020
April 2018: I had just moved back to beach and got my wagon together. Beach clean ups were to be a daily feel good, do good. Recorded 6010 pieces of beach trash in April of 2018. That was with losing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
San Diego Beach Clean Up: 3 Year Overview For May 1, 2020
Reviewing the last three years of beach cleans for May 1, 2018 and 2019 it doesn’t look much different. In fact I picked about the same amount plastic pieces in May of 2020 than in May of 2018. There...
View Article
