Posts Tagged ‘one ton landed’

813 Pounds Down, So So Many To Go

Florida has been extremely rainy the last few weeks.  I have, subsequently, had to muddle through both my outdoor job as well as my volunteer beach cleanups with very soggy sneakers and at least two stolen umbrellas. On the bright side (despite the constant threat of dark afternoon thunderheads) I’m excited to report that the [...]

392 Butts On the Beach

It’s a well known fact that cigarette butts are some of the most common litter items found in the United States in any area. They especially contaminate some of the heavily used access points along the Lagoon.  While I usually pick up a few dozen at each cleanup, I decided today to focus only on [...]

116 Plastic Fragments

One Ton Landed got a nice bump in the weight totals today with an additional 40 pounds added to the tally. (Unfortunately it was probably more weight than this, but I forgot the scale on my way to the site. )  We returned to the site of our Earth Day cleanup, two extra volunteers/teachers/nerds on [...]

722 Pounds Hoisted From My Lagoon

And yes, dear friends, I’m calling it my Lagoon.  Many of my fellow ‘bloggers are taking the chance at the beginning of the year to round out some new resolutions in their ocean blogging, their personal lives, or in greening their lifestyles.  I’m going to attempt to all three at once by recommitting myself to [...]