Recently at the Port Beach, discovering we each had a Ray’s bag (plastic of course, sigh), we began to scour. The place wasn’t as icky as sometimes, although the dead bird population seemed unusually high. But why, even though each foray we pick up a few intact plastic water bottles (yes, they should be banned), styrofoam [...]
Posts Tagged ‘SOLV Spring Beach Clean Up’
On the Beach: Where Does All This Plastic Come From?
Posted in Environment, Oregon, tagged Beach Plastic, Curry County Oregon, Port Orford OR, Project Soar, SOLV Spring Beach Clean Up, washedashore.org on April 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
SOLV 2011 Spring Beach Cleanup Results
Posted in Environment, Oregon, tagged SOLV Spring Beach Clean Up on April 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Over 3300 people picked up 45,381 total pounds of trash from Oregon’s beaches including 1,957 pounds recycled, and 41 tires. (I’m proud to say we picked up one of those tires.) Special kudos to the 85 folks in Brookings who hauled 1800 pounds of trash (much of it from March 11th’s tsunami) from their beaches, [...]
SOLV Oregon Beach Clean Up Day: March 26, 2011
Posted in Environment, Oregon, Western Photography, tagged Curry County Oregon, Oregon Coast Photography, Port Orford OR, SOLV Spring Beach Clean Up on March 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday was Oregon Beach Clean Up Day. All along the coast volunteers turned out in rain gear and gloves to spend a few hours bent over on the shore, picking up the plastic their fellow humans have tossed “away.” Of course, for plastic there really is no “away.” It always seems to come back. In [...]
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