Step one: Choose a time to pick up trash in your neighborhood or a favorite place, like the beach.
Step two: Take a trash inventory! Count it by the bag or by individual pieces so we know how much plastic and cans and paper you are taking out of nature.
Step three: Send in a summary/ pictures of # of pieces of plastic, whatever you would like to share. Bonus points for making recycled art! Send photos and summary to [email protected]
Step four: Recycle what you can, and safely dispose of the rest.
Did you know?
- Aluminum cans are completely recyclable.
- Less that 9% of plastic we use is recycled, most ends up being incinerated or in a landfill.
- When trash washes into storm drains it winds up in our local streams, harming local wildlife.
- Every plastic water bottle requires ¼ the amount of oil, and 3 times the water to produce one bottle