I see less and less styrofoam trash in the environment. This cup was so out of place on the sidewalk.
It was almost shocking to see.
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What Is This Black Handle?
I’m calling this a handle, but it is made of a styrofoam, which has been molded and is very strong.
What is it? I know that it is litter.
Still Life: Flowers w/Styrofoam Chunk
Black-eyed Susans are one of my favorite summer flowers. I was admiring these until I saw the small chunk of styrofoam (at the bottom left).
Percy Priest Lake Clean Up
The Nashville Clean Water Project held their third trash pick up in a year on the islands of Percy Priest Lake today. Luckily the rains held back which made perfect weather for picking up trash. I was in a group which picked up trash off Bear Island. No, we did not find bears, but we found at least two deer skeletons picked clean by vultures. What we did find was lots of trash. The island was covered with styrofoam from coolers and floatation devices. I found lots of glass bottles, aluminum cans and plastic bottles. I know that some of the glass Coca-Cola bottles were decades old.
I found an unopened [...]
How Much Trash Do You Produce in a Day
After reading the article from the AARP Bulletin, which I posted yesterday about generating 50 tons of trash by the time we are 70, I decided today to see how much trash I generate in a day. I have been amazed.
For breakfast, I finished off the last of a large bag of raisins. The raisin bag isn’t recyclable, so I put it in the trash. Luckily, I compost the coffee filter and the grounds from my morning coffee.
While dressing, I put the plastic dry cleaner bag in a bag to take to Publix for recycling. The wire hangers I’ll take back to the dry cleaner. The safety pins I keep [...]
Another Great Idea from California
From MontereyHerald.com: Styrofoam ‘to go’ boxes may go away if lawmakers follow green promotion
Beach cleanup efforts conducted within the last year by the Surfrider Foundation demonstrate that polystyrene makes up a significant portion of litter. A cleanup last February at Marina State Beach netted 329 pieces of polystyrene and plastic. About six weeks later, 425 pieces were picked up at the same location.
“And that’s in two hours of work,” said Ximena Waissbluth of the foundation.
I’m sure that there is lots of this material in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Out of the Car, Into the Drain, Into the Stream and Into Your Water
As we sat at a stoplight earlier today, I noticed a storm drain clogged with plastic and aluminum cola cans, paper, styrofoam and lots of cigarette butts. Wastes shouldn’t go into storm drains because the drains empty into rivers where we eventually get our water. As I blog, I’m sipping hot tea, made with tap water that was also put through a Brita filter. I hope that the tars from the cigarette butts have been removed. They are poisonous.